Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:14:20 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ditching POP, moving to IMAP Message-ID: <ML-3.3.902942060.9318.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <35C71DA2.2C302436@softweyr.com>
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[ chat removed fro Cc: list ] > The subject sums it up well. I'm going to move my mail server from POP > to IMAP, so my (few) mail users can manage their email accounts from > several locations in a reasonable fashion. > > We use a variety of clients, including Netscape mail on FreeBSD, Solaris, > and HP/UX, Eudora Lite on Win95/NT, and Mail-It and BeMail on BeOS. > > What do you clever FreeBSD users and administrators out there use? I'm > looking through the docs on Cyrus, but it looks a bit "over the top" for > my small user base. Is IMAP-uw reasonably reliable once patched into > submission? It seems to be such a goldmine of bugs and security holes, > I'm a little hesitant to jump in. I'm not sure why you would consider Cyrus "over the top". Even for a small user base, it is quite a nice solution. The biggest factor in choosing between Cyrus and IMAP-uw is probably the relative importance of retaining classical unix inboxes in /var/mail -vs- improved system security. (IMAP-uw retains the classical mailboxes, but must run as root or have -all- mailboxes readable by -anyone-. Cyrus runs as a non-priveleged user [nominally 'cyrus'], but forces all mailbox access to be through IMAP or POP.) I chose Cyrus a couple of years ago for the security. Since then there have been a few root-compromise security alerts against IMAP-uw; but no alerts at all against Cyrus. (And Cyrus was not fazed by the username/password overrun attack - it just rejects it.) -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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