Re: Best way for multiple users = Imap?

#1 07-02-2008, 06:16 AM

On 2 Jul 2008 09:50:06 GMT, Anthony Campbell wrote:

> Am I looking at the wrong solution here? Any better ideas?

Either IMAP or POP-3 sound fine for that situation; which one you pick
depends on whether the mail should remain on your computer or be transferred
to hers (and whether yours will always be on when she wants to read mail!).

I can't claim to have done extensive comparison of servers, but I'm quite
happy with Dovecot IMAP. YMMV, of course. :-)

Hope that helps,

--
Paul

#2 07-02-2008, 06:32 AM

On 2008-07-02, Paul Walker <usenet@blacksun.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2 Jul 2008 09:50:06 GMT, Anthony Campbell wrote:
>
>> Am I looking at the wrong solution here? Any better ideas?
>
> Either IMAP or POP-3 sound fine for that situation; which one you pick
> depends on whether the mail should remain on your computer or be transferred
> to hers (and whether yours will always be on when she wants to read mail!).
>
> I can't claim to have done extensive comparison of servers, but I'm quite
> happy with Dovecot IMAP. YMMV, of course. :-)
>
> Hope that helps,
>

Thanks to you and Rado. I was thinking more of setting up a local imap
server for my wife. Would dovecote be the simplest? I don't want to
screw up the outgoing side if possible - at present I use smtp with sasl
authentication. If you install dovecote do you have to use it for
outgoing as well?

Anthony
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