Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-03-17 Thread Chris
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:13:14 +0100 Binarus wrote: > I do not know if this is still the case, but this experience shows > that you should test *every possible client software* you (the > customer) could use with Dovecot, and that you should set up all IMAP > features and test if any actions you wil

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-19 Thread Patrick Goetz
On 01/19/2018 07:50 AM, Nic Bernstein wrote: > I'm sorry, and don't wish to start a flame war here, but can't just let > this comment pass. Fastmail are dedicated to improving the > documentation of Cyrus, and have on staff a person, Nicola Nye > , for that specific reason. They've spent a > bun

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-19 Thread Niels Dettenbach via Info-cyrus
Am Freitag, 19. Januar 2018, 12:29:03 CET schrieb Patrick Goetz: > That makes the choice kind of clear, in my mind. AFAIK Dovecot is > developed by just one person (or at the very least a small team) of > volunteer developers. If he/they get bored and move on to something > else ... Meanwhile,

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-19 Thread Nic Bernstein
On 01/19/2018 05:29 AM, Patrick Goetz wrote: The biggest ongoing problem with Cyrus is the documentation, not that it's harder to install.  Cyrus is, if anything, easier to install than Dovecot (modulo distro packaging, which is the main difference here). The Dovecot guy writes very good docume

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-19 Thread Patrick Goetz
Op 17-01-18 om 12:33 schreef Sebastian Hagedorn: >> Hi, A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. My question: What's better in Cyrus? This is terribly OCD, but I can't stand the maildir message formatting Dovecot uses. Ugh, how inel

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-18 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 17-01-18 om 12:33 schreef Sebastian Hagedorn: > Hi, > >> A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with >> Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. >> >> My question: What's better in Cyrus? > > I thought the plan was to answer that question on the website, but I > guess that hasn't h

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-18 Thread Binarus
On 17.01.2018 11:56, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with > Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. > > My question: What's better in Cyrus? Please note that what I am reporting here has happened some years ago, so the situation may be different now

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-17 Thread Paolo Cravero
My 2 cents... > I have been asked to provide support to a Rube Goldberg style of mail setup > and trying to track the installation and configuration of dovecot in a > multidomain, virtual-user setup was crazy. > It seemed like there were dozens of config files spread over the file system. I

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-17 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
> > I'd say it's the better choice for large-scale deployments with > > tens and hundreds of thousands of users. > Cyrus does not require creating users on the mail server which I  > have always believed is a big security plus. +1  Cyrus having its own identity management has been a big plus; the

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-17 Thread Alvin Starr
On 01/17/2018 06:33 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote: Hi, A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. My question: What's better in Cyrus? I thought the plan was to answer that question on the website, but I guess that hasn't happened yet – a

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-17 Thread Ken Murchison
In addition to the things already mentioned, you get native CalDAV, CardDAV, and JMAP support. On 01/17/2018 05:56 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote: Hello, A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. My question: What's better in Cyrus? I use

Re: Why Cyrus?

2018-01-17 Thread Sebastian Hagedorn
Hi, A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. My question: What's better in Cyrus? I thought the plan was to answer that question on the website, but I guess that hasn't happened yet – at least I couldn't find anything. I'd say it's th

Why Cyrus?

2018-01-17 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Hello, A new customer asks me to build a new mailserver environment with Dovecot. I normally use Cyrus. My question: What's better in Cyrus? I use Cyrus because Dovecot did not excist at the time I wanted to go away from Washington IMAP. An important reason to stay with Cyrus is this mailing lis