[CLUE-Tech] RHAT 9 IMAP recommendations?

[Dave Hahn]

I use Courier-IMAP and qmail on RH7-RH9 boxes.  I've been much happier
with the stability of Maildir over mbox formats, at least on our busy
servers.  We also use qmail as the MTA (after many years of sendmail)
and it allows many types of authentication for the IMAP server
(currently, users live only in a DB - no need for system users for
email) and allows us to associate e-mail information with other system
services.

-d

On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 07:53, Jeffery Cann wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am settup up mail services on a RHAT 9 box that lives on the internet 
> (scary).  My MTA is postfix and it does not provide POP or IMAP.  According 
> to the postfix FAQ, there are at least three projects that have been 
> integrated with postfix:
> 
> # Cyrus IMAP implements IMAP, POP3, and KPOP, later versions also support TLS. 
> This software implements its own private mail database system. Not for 
> beginners.
> 
> # Courier-Imap provides POP3 and IMAP, and supports access over SSL. This 
> software supports the maildir-style mailbox format only (one message per 
> file, same format as qmail).
> 
> # Qpopper-supports POP3, TLS (SSL), and uses the traditional UNIX-style 
> mailbox format (multiple messages per file, each message starts with "From 
> sender date...")
> 
> Since I am a newbie at mail setup and administration, I solicit 
> recommendations, warnings, and advice from the group from folks who are using 
> postfix + red hat + IMAP.  I plan on using SSL for the transfer of mail and 
> to protect account logins.
> 
> I also appreciate other pointers to good documentation (I read the rhat 
> manuals and the postfix docs).
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Jeff