Possible iMAP server

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

 I am considering the possibility of installing an iMap server at home,
most likely Dovecot. Actually I've been procrastinating on this for a
while.
Initially, I will probably set up my wife's email since she is using her
laptop more often than her desktop. Both are running Windows. With iMAP
she should be able to run an email client.

What I would like to do initially is to just set up an inbox, and
possibly get email from a gmail or yahoo client.=20
First question, would maildir or mbox be the better mailbox format. The
second question, rather than physically taking the existing directories
is it possible for an email client to create directory hierarchies? This
way I could simply create an empty inbox, and I could move her older
data over with Eudora. Note that her Eudora client uses mbox. Since she
has few filters, I could easily write some filter scripts for her.=20

WRT mail formats. My preference would be maildir since there is never an
issue with having to compact a mailbox in contrast to mbox.


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