[K12OSN] POP3

[Calvin Dodge]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:46:21PM +0800, Victor-Home wrote:
> You should also note that FC2 use cyrus-imap to provide the pop3 and imap
> services.  The mailboxes configuration is totally different from ipop in
> FC1.

Actually, FC2 gives you TWO choices for pop3 and imap services.  In addition to cyrus-imap,
there's also dovecot.  Dovecot works almost out-of-the-box with two exceptions:

1) you need to edit /etc/dovecot.conf to enable the desired client email protocols
2) if you're using imap, you may need to use all imap folders "in" one level - from
$HOME/mail to $HOME/mail/mail - then resubscribe to those folders

The disadvantage to dovecot is that it uses standard mbox format, which is not quite
as robust as cyrus-imap's database. The advantage to dovecot is that it uses the mbox
format, so you can easily use mutt to look at your email without reconfiguring (assuming
one _can_ reconfigure mutt to do so).

Calvin
 
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