Date: 24 Aug 2000 10:51:24 -0500 From: Michael Harnois <mdharnois@home.com> To: Allen Landsidel <all@biosys.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cyrus imapd problems resolved.. Message-ID: <86g0nuk683.fsf@mharnois.workgroup.net> In-Reply-To: Allen Landsidel's message of "Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:45:39 -0400" References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000824082639.00afffb8@mail.megapathdsl.net>
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:45:39 -0400, Allen Landsidel <all@biosys.net> said:
> After installation of the port, the user needs to run
> /usr/local/sbin/saslpasswd to create an entry in the sasl
> password database. The user they create (just to get things
> going here) should also have their name listed as an "admin" in
> imapd.conf.
I believe the docs suggest somewhere that the admin user should not be
any normal user who receives mail. I use "cyrus."
> I only mention this because the Cyrus documentation REALLY SUCKS
> and it was only after hours of scouring usenet that I came
> across this tidbit posted in an OpenBSD newsgroup where someone
> else was having similar problems.
Every time I've upgraded I've gone through hell. Thanks for working on
this.
Oh, another thing (in case anyone is listening) ... a make deinstall
deletes the database index of the existing IMAP store. This is not a
good thing, IMHO.
--
Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA
mdharnois@home.com aa0bt@aa0bt.ampr.org
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because if a man is a fool the best thing to do
is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking. --Woodrow Wilson
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