[nycbug-talk] On-topic server questions

[Jonathan Stewart]

Kit Halsted wrote:
> So, my last off-topic post reminded me that maybe y'all would be good 
> people to ask: what's everybody doing for email stuff lately?
> 
> I'm a weensy bit overdue for some upgrades, & I'm starting to think 
> this newfangled webmail might come in handy once in a while. Also, 
> now that HD capacity has hit 1TB, IMAP may finally become useful for 
> me.
> 
> Seriously, I'm looking at putting together an OpenBSD-stable system, 
> probably with qmail & vpopmail 'cause I'm used to them. Anybody know 
> which webmail & IMAP projects play nice with that setup? Have things 
> changed enough in the last year or so that I should consider a 
> different base setup?

I use squirrel mail for my webmail.  I've looked at other stuff in the 
past but nothing in the last few years.  Dovecot is just awesome as an 
IMAP server.  It's easy to set up, has a good wiki maintained by Timo 
(the author), and can do just about anything I've ever heard of for 
IMAP.  It is still updated quite frequently as it's relatively new but 
the updates have been utterly painless so far and Timo often replies 
within 24 hours to people that have problems of any kind.

Jonathan