On Friday 19 December 2003 11:04 am, Gary wrote:
Hi Eric,
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:39:18 -0600 UTC (12/19/2003, 10:39 AM -0600 UTC my time), Eric wrote:
E> IMAP is a protocol for checking mail.
Taken from http://www.imap.org/about/whatisIMAP.html as I could not say it better myself.
E> IMO you dont need IMAP services, Permit me to add to myself... IMO you dont need IMAP services for a SIMPLE mail server setup. As the webpage says, POP3 was designed for when you are retruieving mail to ONE computer. If thats all you;re doing, then thats all you need. I have no experience with IMAP (though I very soon will), so please excuse me if I was TOO heavily biased. My philosophy is install just enough for waht you need. Any extra features just introduce chances for configuration mistakes, bugs, feature bloat, and security risks. This may not be true of IMAP, or of ALL IMAP implementations, but its a handy general rule for computer administration and computer programming.
Set up is the same, depending on your IMAP server.
It lets you browse messages any way you want. If he is armed with correct information, he can make a decision.
E> I think its a bit more complicated than POP3.
If you are using qmail, and Maildir format, look at bincimap. It does not get any easier than that (for installation), and you have the security of SSL while accessing your mail.
IMAP, at least bincimap, takes no more work or effort than installing a POP daemon.
-- Gary
If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before. Hehe, ok ok you humbled me. I mostly work with POP3 so i figured it was easier. Thanks for the clarification though. Most ISP's use POP3 (or the major ones I know of) and POP3 is relatively simplistic I figured its a better choice to begin with. If Mr. Linuxjim wants to go with IMAP I suppose i'll just refer him to you ;)
Eric Bambach Eric at cisu dot net -------------------------