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Date:      Thu, 3 Jun 1999 23:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
Cc:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>, Paul MacKenzie <pc.mackenzie@utoronto.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Best POP3 Server
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906032339230.774-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990602000856.A15086@cpl.net>

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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Shawn Ramsey wrote:

> > > I have been using Qpopper (latest version) for quite some time and have to
> > > say that I am not all that happy with it. It seems to make mistakes when
> > > leaving mail on the server, and a few other errors,
> > > 
> > > Can any tell me what the BEST (if there is one) POP3 server to use for
> > > Freebsd with large volume email going through the site..
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance for any hints and recommendations,
> > > 
> > > Paul MacKenzie
> > 
> > I prefer /usr/ports/mail/cucipop.
> > Very fast, very clean.
> 
> Cucipop is very nice, and stable. When we ran Qpopper, we had problems with
> locked mail boxes quite frequently... other than that though, qpopper wasn't
> bad.

This was a sign in (older, insecure) versions of qpopper.  2.53 has been
very good on our shell server.  The lockfiles usually appear if the user
cancels a session, and they disappear after ~15 minutes.  At worst you
just have to clear the file.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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