Re: setting up my own imap server

["Matt Shields-5" <user=70@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Dec 17, 2007 2:35 PM, Jarod Wilson <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> On Dec 17, 2007, at 1:14 PM, Matt Shields wrote: 
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> > On Dec 17, 2007 1:08 PM, Stephen Adler <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> >> Hi guys! 
> >> 
> >> I'd like to setup my own imapd server. I used to do this, but one 
> >> day, 
> >> redhat/fedora changed their default imapd system over to cyrus or 
> >> something like that which was way more compliated to setup, 
> 
> RHEL5's default imap server is cyrus, but dovecot is also included. 
> 
> >> so I dropped 
> >> the idea of using my own imapd server. But I'm in a situation now 
> >> that I 
> >> would like to get one going again. Any suggestions as to how best 
> >> setup 
> >> an imap server on a fedora or redhat system? 
> >> 
> >> Cheers. Steve. 
> > 
> > Go with what you're comfortable with.  But I would stay away from 
> > Fedora since the lifecycle is around 6 months. 
> 
> No it isn't. Its more like 13 months. Each release N is supported 
> until one month after the release of release N + 2. In other words, 
> Fedora 8 will be supported unit 1 month after Fedora 10 is out. I run 
> my own mail server on Fedora (dovecot + postfix + maia mailguard). Of 
> course, Fedora is a little less scary to me, given who my employer 
> is... :) CentOS is probably indeed a better recommendation for the 
> less adventurous. 
>