[Scottish] IMAP server

[Andrew Barber]

2008/5/10 Robert Lazzurs <rob at lazzurs.net>:

> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 5:49 PM, Roland Ward
> <roland.ward at penguinfactory.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:29:20 +0100
> >> From: "Andrew Barber" <andrew.alex.barber at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: [Scottish] IMAP Server
> >> To: scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk, ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
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> >>
> >> Hey guys,I am just looking for a couple of suggestions on good IMAP
> Server
> >> software. We was looking over DOVECOT recently, but just wondered what
> you
> >> guys thought of that and others that are out there.
> >>
> >> Thanks :)
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Dovecot is good but so we also use Courier happily. I haven't found an
> > overriding reason to use one over the other - they both just work and can
> > authenticate against different sources. Anything to just get people off
> Pop3
> > servers!
>
> I can second both Dovecot and Courier.  I have used courier to deal
> with the email platforms of various ISP's and other clients and it has
> always fitted in very well, mostly due to it's very flexable
> authentication backend.  It's proxy support can also make migration
> trivial.
>
> > I'd also mention Cyrus. Ok it's a bit of a black box solution and not as
> > straightforward to administer as the others but it handles shared folders
> > really well and has a very powerful set of ACLs which is why I've seen
> many
> > of the groupware type mail products chose it for a backend.
>
> Cyrus I can also second, mostly as a solution for office email, it
> works very well in that situation thanks to the above mentioned ACL
> support on shared folders.  However it not using standard maildirs can
> be another pain to migrate away from.
>
> However if the office thing is what you are looking for you might want
> to think about groupware solutions and what IMAP server can fit in
> best with those.
>
> Hope this has been helpful :)
>

Thanks very much guys, will be sure to checkout the alternatives suggested.
:)



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Andrew Alexander Barber