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MBOX-Line: From MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU Tue Aug 29 10:58:28 2006
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To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
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From: "Mark Crispin" <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU>
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Date: Fri Jun 8 12:34:37 2018
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Subject: [Imap-protocol] IMAP question
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In-Reply-To: <26B0071CDBC3434698C7C31443EAEA860C660E66@ACCLUST03EVS1.ugd.att.com>
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References: <26B0071CDBC3434698C7C31443EAEA860C660E66@ACCLUST03EVS1.ugd.att.com>
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Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.65.0608291046380.5380@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU>
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On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, KURUGANTI, LAKSHMI, INFOT wrote:
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> We are running Solaris environment and need to replace pop3 with IMAP.We
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> can't find any documentation of IMAP on internet , except for installing
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> the package that is downloaded from sunfreeware.com.We assume that there
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> must be lot of procedure to activate IMAP , but have no clue.
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> We have to use IMAP for only reading e-mails.
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It all depends upon which package that you download.
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Usually, the default IMAP server that sites offer is UW imapd (which I
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wrote).
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UW imapd is more or less plug-and-play with a standard UNIX configuration.
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You just install the server binary, make sure that [x]inetd invokes it,
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and create any necessary certificates for SSL/TLS sessions.
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You can also get UW imapd directly from UW:
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ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z
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If you get the source tarball, there is a "docs" directory which contains
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various files that outline the installation procedure.
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There is also information in that directory on how you can modify UW imapd
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if you wish to use it in a non-standard configuration. Many sites do make
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local modifications; the standard configuration is generic and easy to
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install, but is rarely the best (or even a particularly good) choice.
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If you choose UW imapd and have further questions about it, please direct
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them to the imap-uw@u.washington.edu mailing list. The imap-protocol
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mailing list is for discussions about the IMAP protocol and not for
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questions about IMAP software or usage.
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There are several other IMAP servers, some of which are easier to
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configure and install than others. Most servers provide documentation on
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what is necessary; these servers usually have affiliated mailing lists for
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their own user communities.
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In addition, there is a generic "IMAP usage" mailing list hosted by UW;
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imap-use@u.washington.edu. That's a good list to use if you aren't
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certain as to which list to use. Another good resource is the
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comp.mail.imap newsgroup.
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Good luck!
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-- Mark --
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http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
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Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
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Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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