On Friday 05 March 2010 10:31:44 am Killian Faughnan wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could help me with this. I need to set up a
> small pop server, it's not going to be used for anything much, just a
> couple of mailboxes being polled for pop3. It'd be nice if it had minimal
> setup and maintenance as there could potentially be a number of
> installations in the future. I was going to go with Cyrus as it's what I'm
> used to, but was also considering Dovecot. I've no experience with
> Dovecot but have heard it's pretty easy to configure / maintain. I'm
> thinking more about others who might have to set up these installations
> later on so my familiarity with Cyrus would be offset by their
> unfamiliarity with both.
Dovecot must be easy to set up, as I have managed it with no trouble.
As a matter of interest, why are you going to use pop3?
Isn't IMAP more "with it".
Also, how is email going to reach your server?
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