i've found courier to be very easy to set up, the only downside is that it doesn't do mbox, just maildir. however, the mb2md script does a very good job of converting them:

http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/mb2md/

courier does pop, imap, ssl (both with and without tls), ldap/mysql lookups, and all the other goodies you'd expect. i've been running it for a couple of years now with zero problems.

jason

Steve Hoffman wrote:
Thanks for all the suggestions so far...I'll look into that binc, I've
also found "Dovecot" but the  only way to get multiple passwd files is
to use the beta version...yuk!  I'd prefer to just drop in an IMAP
server to setting up a whole new environment, but sometimes i just
have to bit the bullet.  I'm setting up a dummy server this weekend to
reproduce the environment and I'll probably end up trying a few of the
different suggestions.

Please keep them coming!

Steve

On Apr 1, 2005 8:45 AM, Chander Ganesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Look into Binc IMAP .  It also has tools that support POP, it uses the
maildir format, and is designed to host multiple domains with ease (I'm
doing it now).

All the other normal stuff is available...ssl, etc.  Authentication can
occur via a variety of mechanisms, ldap, passwd, kerberos, etc.  The
directory structure you list below is more or less exactly what BINC
uses.  You can manage and maintain passwd files on a per-domain basis as
well.

Chander

Steve Hoffman wrote:


Been doing quite a bit of research on MTA's and retrieval daemons for
email, but I wanted to know what other people are using.

We basically host email for several hundred domains and are using Exim
as the MTA in mbox format with tpop3d to pick mail up, throw a little
pop-before-smtp in there and viola...our setup.

Basically all I'm trying to do is add IMAP (timapd would have been
perfect but doesn't exist yet) for these virtual users, but none of
them seem to support mbox format or are configurable enough to use our
current directory structure (ex /etc/virtual/domain.com/passwd,
/var/spool/virtual/domain.com/user, etc)  So if I'm going to convert
mailboxes then I might as well look into redoing the whole shebang!

So what can I use that's relatively easy to setup and very reliable
for multiple domains.  Would prefer RPM based, since this will run on
RHEL3, but I'll do source too.

TIA,
Steve



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