[plug] imap & pop server

Tim Bowden tim.bowden at westnet.com.au
Thu Dec 14 13:32:15 WST 2006


Thanks all,

I'm going to go with dovecot because it is simple and whatever I put in
now will possibly be ripped out a year or so when the latest and
greatest groupware will be installed.  I'll save the hard yards for
that...

Regards,
Tim Bowden
Mapforge Geospatial

On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 13:17 +0900, Ben Woods wrote:
> I have to agree with Tim on this one...
> 
> I used to use Courier-imap and had some problems with it... mainly
> because i wasn't full bottle with how to set it up 100% i think.
> 
> Anyway, I was going to try Cyrus but decided to go with dovecot
> because it looked easier... but I have to say the performance has been
> all I need and it hasn't fallen over once in 3 years! And that is just
> running on an ordinary pc set up as my server.
> 
> I can't speak much for when you put it under huge stress in a large
> environment etc... but I would definately say "give it a go!"
> 
> Cheers
> 
> >
> > On 12/13/06, Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm after an imap and pop3 server for a low load & small hardware
> > > situation.  The choice seems to be between cyrus (higher performance but
> > > harder to set up) or dovecot (lower performance but easier to set up).
> > > Anyone want to disagree or throw anything else into the mix?
> >
> > I'm biased. Dovecot all the way. Make sure your using the latest RC if
> > you can. As for performance, it's actually really really good.
> >
> > Tim
> 




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