Hi Tom, On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 00:23:29 -0500 UTC (11/1/2003, 11:23 PM -0600 UTC my time), Tom Allison wrote: <snip> T> So I guess I'm wondering if anyone has tried a mailbox based imap server T> at any time and if it can be configured to run from the likes of T> procmail (something that would provide shelling out to other applications). T> Otherwise I'm kind of forced into concluding that mbox / imap is about T> the only practical solution I have today. Well, I have a solution, but it involves a different MTA, and some work on your part learning about it... First, yes, Maildir/ format is far superior for a mailbox format, as you need no locking whatsoever, it is safer, and can easily be run on a NFS.. You can't run mbox over NFS.. there are many more reasons. Now about the MTA. If you switched to qmail, /Maildir/ format was designed for this in mind, and Maildir was designed by the same author... qmail also uses what is called .qmail (dotqmail) files which can and do contain instructions for that email address, e.g. where to deliver, and many other checks, or programs to run once the mail hits it. It is trivial to set up an instruction to call procmail. There are many examples of this, and this is done all the time. Next regarding IMAP(S) for Maildir/ One of the newest I recommend is Binc, or bincimap.. It is designed for Maildir/ only, 10,000s of lines of C code less than all the others, very fast, and just came out for production. It is a natural for qmail, as it uses the same checkpassword as qmail does. It is very easy to set up, and run with it using SSL. I use it exclusively for the servers I build. In beta, it was tested by a firm with over a 50,000 user base with no problems.. T> I do not expect to exceed 100 users at any time. No problem at all.. Easily done. -- Gary If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.