[TriLUG] Re: Managing postfix/squirrelmail

Wed May 10 16:11:11 EDT 2006

Maildir, in and of itself, suffers from it's own problems
and it not the panacea people seem to want to believe
it is.

That said, courier would be an improvement over WU-IMAP,
but there are much easier solutions.  I believe that
dovecot would probably be the simplest to switch to
from WU-IMAP.  It still stores the mail in mbox format
but adds indexes outside the mailboxes that can speed
things up significantly.  A much better solution, however,
would be something like Cyrus IMAP since it is designed
specifically to handle large setups.

Cheers,
Tanner

On 5/10/06, Jason <jason at monsterjam.org> wrote:
> use courier! it does maildir.. ;)
>
> Jason
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 03:56:06PM -0400, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> > GAHHH!!!!!!!! Please say it ain't so!
> >
> > The default IMAP server is almost certainly Washington University
> > IMAP (also known as WU-IMAP) which, while it works, it only
> > works just barely.  You will get a MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH!!!!!!!
> > better experience with IMAP with ANY OTHER IMAP SERVER
> > AVAILALBE.
> >
> > Even WU-IMAP can be made to work better (as I did when I set
> > up the original TriLUG IMAP server) but it requires compile time
> > changes.  The default setup is as slow and as minimal as you
> > can get and works fine for 1-2 users with 1-2 mailboxes, but anything
> > beyond that is an exercise in frustration.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tanner
> >
> > On 5/10/06, Douglas Ward <binaryflow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >I am running the imap server that installs with Mandriva by default.
> > >Please
> > >forgive my ignorance as to what version it is.
> > >
> > >On 5/10/06, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Doug,
> > >>
> > >> Your postfix/squirrelmail setup is good, but it isn't the complete
> > >> equation.  What are you using for an IMAP server?  Postfix is
> > >> only an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent).  It only handles getting mail
> > >> to a users mailbox (and actually delegates the last part to whatever
> > >> you're using).  To get the e-mail to the user through squirrelmail
> > >> you need an IMAP server.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >> Tanner
> > >>
> > >> On 5/10/06, Douglas Ward <binaryflow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > Thanks to everyone for your responses.  I have decided to go with
> > >> > postfix/squirrelmail for this solution.  I have configured
> > >> squirrelmail's
> > >> > plugins with everything except for the address book groups.  I see
> > >where
> > >> > there is a mysql solution for address book groups but it mentions a
> > >flat
> > >> > file option.  Trouble is I can't figure out how to set up the flat
> > >> files.  I
> > >> > prefer the address book, groups, calendar, bookmarks, mail, etc... to
> > >> all be
> > >> > store locally in the /home/user directory.  This makes it much easier
> > >> for me
> > >> > to remove accounts or restore them.  Has anyone ever configured
> > >> squirrelmail
> > >> > for address book groups that are stored locally?  Thanks!
> > >> >
> > >> > On 5/10/06, Douglas Ward <binaryflow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I have been tasked to set up a new e-mail server that will manage
> > >> about
> > >> > > 1000 mailboxes and have decided to use postfix. We can't afford to
> > >> purchase
> > >> > > 1000 additional Exchange licenses.  I am interested in anyone's
> > >> experiences
> > >> > > in the following areas:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > 1) I intend to set up the users (regular system accounts) on the
> > >> server
> > >> > > and store their mailboxes in the /home/username directory.  I can
> > >> easily
> > >> > > back up the mailbox using rsync.  How can I back up the user accounts
> > >> in
> > >> > > case the server were to ever fail?  I don't think that backing up
> > >> > > /etc/passwd will catch the passwords.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > 2) I am eying squirrelmail as the webmail application.  With the use
> > >> of
> > >> > > lots of plug-ins I can get close to the Exchange server that I am
> > >> > > replacing.  Does anyone know of any other webmail applications that
> > >> come
> > >> > > closer to Outlook Web Access out of the box?  I am specifically
> > >> thinking
> > >> > > about auto forwarding, out of office assistant, calendar, address
> > >book
> > >> > > groups, contact imports, etc...
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I would appreciate any help that can be offered.  Thanks!
> > >> > >
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