MBOX-Line: From MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU  Tue Aug 29 10:58:28 2006
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: "Mark Crispin" <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:37 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] IMAP question
In-Reply-To: <26B0071CDBC3434698C7C31443EAEA860C660E66@ACCLUST03EVS1.ugd.att.com>
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Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.65.0608291046380.5380@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU>

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, KURUGANTI, LAKSHMI, INFOT wrote:
> We are running Solaris environment and need to replace pop3 with IMAP.We
> can't find any documentation of IMAP on internet , except for installing
> the package that is downloaded from sunfreeware.com.We assume that there
> must be lot of procedure to activate IMAP , but have no clue.
> We have to use IMAP for only reading e-mails.

It all depends upon which package that you download.

Usually, the default IMAP server that sites offer is UW imapd (which I 
wrote).

UW imapd is more or less plug-and-play with a standard UNIX configuration. 
You just install the server binary, make sure that [x]inetd invokes it, 
and create any necessary certificates for SSL/TLS sessions.

You can also get UW imapd directly from UW:
 	ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z

If you get the source tarball, there is a "docs" directory which contains 
various files that outline the installation procedure.

There is also information in that directory on how you can modify UW imapd 
if you wish to use it in a non-standard configuration.  Many sites do make 
local modifications; the standard configuration is generic and easy to 
install, but is rarely the best (or even a particularly good) choice.

If you choose UW imapd and have further questions about it, please direct 
them to the imap-uw@u.washington.edu mailing list.  The imap-protocol 
mailing list is for discussions about the IMAP protocol and not for 
questions about IMAP software or usage.

There are several other IMAP servers, some of which are easier to 
configure and install than others.  Most servers provide documentation on 
what is necessary; these servers usually have affiliated mailing lists for 
their own user communities.

In addition, there is a generic "IMAP usage" mailing list hosted by UW; 
imap-use@u.washington.edu.  That's a good list to use if you aren't 
certain as to which list to use.  Another good resource is the 
comp.mail.imap newsgroup.

Good luck!

-- Mark --

http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
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