Yeah, WU-IMAP (the package name is just `imap') works well with Postfix. However, it does fall under the `made by University of Washington, therefore flaming pile of poo' rule.
You might want to check ouu dovecot, which replaces (wu)imap in the next Red Hat Linux release. The .src.rpm would probably rebuild find on RHL 9. Mike __________________________________________________________________________ Mike MacCana Consultant RHCE, MCSE, MCP+I Cybersource: Providing Quality IT Professional Services for 11 Years Specialists in Unix/Linux, TCP/IP and Web Application Development Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne. Ph : 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 On 4 Aug 2003, Kevin Saenz wrote: > how about wu-imap? it comes with Redhat > > G'day all... > > > > I'm wanting to create an IMAP server that will play nicely with postfix, > > and am currently considering Courier. > > > > It's for a small organisation and network, on a RH9 server that does not > > have development tools installed (no gcc, etc). (FWIW, 900MHz Celeron > > hardware - not too grunty, especially with Gnome2 running on top of it.) > > > > I guess, I'm looking for a lightweight, robust, binary-distributed imap > > server. > > > > Courier looks great, only there isn't any RPMs available for it. > > > > I've downloaded the compressed archive for it, and gone to rpmbuild it, > > however I get these errors: > > > > # rpmbuild -ta courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721.tar.bz2 > > error: Failed build dependencies: > > openssl-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > gdbm-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > pam-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > fam-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > postgresql-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > openldap-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > mysql-devel is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > openldap-servers is needed by courier-imap-2.0.0.20030721-1.9 > > > > Argh! I don't want ldap, mysql, postgresql, fam, gdb, openSSL anyway! I'm > > worried if I install all those packages just to satisfy dependencies I'll > > actually have to install a far greater number of packages than the amount > > listed above. (I'm wanting to keep things compact here.) > > > > Any suggestion? I was hoping to go down the Courier+Maildrop+Postfix path, > > but I'm happy to have alternatives. > > > > TIA... > > > > Mike > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- > Regards, > > Kevin Saenz > > Spinaweb > I.T consultants > > Ph: 02 4620 5130 > Fax: 02 4625 9243 > Mobile: 0418455661 > Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
