IMAP server choices

dsr at tao.merseine.nu dsr at tao.merseine.nu
Mon Nov 22 16:29:09 EST 2004


On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 04:14:31PM -0500, Drew Taylor wrote:
> I'm thinking about setting up an IMAP server for my personal use for the 
> learning experience. What is the "best" one to use? And yes I know this 
> is highly subjective. :-)
> 
> I know about UW and courier, but I also came across dovecot (I think it 
> was from this list) which looks quite interesting. This will be running 
> on debian if that makes a difference.

Courier has been the most consistently successful for me, for a
large range of user requirements.

If you're going to stick to modern, non-MS IMAP MUAs, bincimap
is pretty good.

-dsr-



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