SuSE 10.1 SMTP IMAP configuration

bman22 · 08-16-2007, 10:46 PM

i am trying to set up a University of Washington IMAP server with sendmail to use on Squirrel Mail. first of all, does anyone know a good well known IMAP server besides the UW one, second, how to configure it, and third, how to make it work with squirrel mail

acid_kewpie · 08-17-2007, 04:49 PM

last time i checked wu-imap has a pretty poor reputation. i've been using dovecot (with postfix and a MailDir filesystem) (oh and with squirrelmail) for the last few years with an awful lot of success

bman22 · 08-17-2007, 06:53 PM

by any chance would you be able to sort of guide me through how you setup your configuration

acid_kewpie · 08-18-2007, 01:37 AM

not really, just tackle things as seperate projects, as long as each part works correctly the whole will naturally come together. first get smtp delivering mail to disk the way you want, then overlay imap and then webmail.

bman22 · 08-18-2007, 03:04 PM

well i have dovecot and postfix installed. I still don't know how to setup the maildir stuff, can i have some help with that? also, I have no clue how to configure dovecot or postfix. I would really appreaciate some help with these issues

Ben

acid_kewpie · 08-18-2007, 03:17 PM

I'm not able to just explain how to set up two entire servers from scratch, you need to follow the standard documentation and ask about the individual bits you're having trouble with. for maildir, just google for "postfix maildir" and the very first hit is this... http://www.postfix.org/faq.html#maildir which should be enough to get that much sorted.