From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 20:17:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E29D516A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:17:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from prosporo.hedron.org (hedron.org [66.11.182.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B4B43D1D for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:17:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ean@hedron.org) Received: from localhost.hedron.org (localhost.hedron.org [127.0.0.1]) by prosporo.hedron.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28B3CC120; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:17:13 -0500 (EST) From: Ean Kingston To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, James Stallings II Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:17:12 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <170fa1780502201705746faf5e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <170fa1780502201705746faf5e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200502211517.12682.ean@hedron.org> Subject: Re: Need IMAP Server Selection Advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:17:06 -0000 James, It looks like you got a lot of discussion about your question without getting a real answer to your question so I would like to try. On February 20, 2005 08:05 pm, James Stallings II wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm a recent covert to FreeBSD from many years of using linux on both > the server and the desktop. I'm currently using FreeBSD 5.3 on the > server and a new variant of FreeBSD called OS/X on the desktop :D > > My question involves my server; what is the best strategy to a working > IMAP server? I have my own domain, and have operated IMAP under linux > for years without issue, but I can't seem to get it crankin' under > FreeBSD. The hands down easiest way to get IMAP up and running on your FreeBSD system is to install The UW-IMAP server from ports or packages. As root, simply run pkg_add -r imap-uw This will install a simple IMAP server that works with the default sendmail installation. It will work with the clients you mentioned. If you are planning on running a large mail server (hundreds or thousands of users) you probably want to go with one of the other ones that were mentioned. Courier-IMAP is my choice but I understand the Cyrus and Binc are also quite good. > > I'm quite certain this has more to do with my relative inexperience > with FreeBSD than with FreeBSD itself. If you are not familiar with the ports and packages system yet, read up on it in the handbook. > > Whats the shortest path to a working configuration? I'm not particular > about whose software I use; I just need to be able to hit it for mail > via IMAP with Thunderbird or Mozilla. IMAP-UW is the easiest. It is not the most robust or feature rich. > > Thanks in advance! > > Best Regards, > Jmaes -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/