RE: [ale] best imap options

Michael Smith msmith at mikeandmel.com
Thu May 2 07:20:58 EDT 2002


Where can you pull down Cyrus....  I am currently running UW(no problems 
with speed but it's sitting behind a firewall) and want to try it...

> Hi John,
> 
> I've heard *many* negative things (speed, security, security, speed,
> etc) about UW IMAP, but have never used it myself, so take that for
> what its worth.
> 
> I have heard that Cyrus is the most secure (could be just opinion), but
> that Courier and Cyrus are the only way to go for an IMAP server.
> 
> I have been using Cyrus for some time, and to be honest - have had some
> problems with it.  I've been thinking of trying Courier.
> 
> Charles
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:13 AM
>> To: ale at ale.org
>> Subject: [ale] best imap options
>>
>>
>> I'm working on getting an imap server setup on a p133 32MB
>> machine.  I'm
>> currently running the stock UW imap server that ships with
>> debian as a deb
>> file, and it's running rather slowly (although I understand
>> there are some
>> optimizations you can do for UW).
>>
>> I was using this prepackaged server to get familiar with imap with the
>> intention of  downloading the source and compiling
>> afterwards.  Before doing
>> this, I'm wondering if UW is the best option out there for my
>> purposes (and
>> machine) and how other servers compare (courier, etc.).
>> Could I get some
>> opinions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
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