help on picking an IMAP server

Kenny Dail kend at amigo.net
Thu Mar 22 17:16:40 UTC 2007


> I have been using imap-uw for some time but now I would like to 
> have an imap server that can have subfolders. Out with imap-uw..
> 
> I tried dovecot but I was unable to get it to create subfolders,
> although it seems some say you can, may people are having problems
> doing so, and I didn't like the fact that it changes the format of
> the folders from the mbox standard.
How long ago did you try Dovecot? There have been a lot of fixes
regarding mbox so far this year. Check the Dovecot list for details. 

> any suggestions?
Is mbox necessary? I would bet you'd be happier with a maildir backend.
There are plenty of tools for converting.
> 

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Kenny Dail <kend at amigo.net>



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