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[Avi Schwartz]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On 26/12/06, Jeffrey F. Bloss <jbloss at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>   
>> I've run Postfix/Dovecot under Fedora Core 3 and now Postfix/Courier
>> under 6.06.1 Server with a typical ISP account as a "smart host" relay,
>> probably for many of the same reasons you're wanting to do it. ;)
>>
>> Off the cuff laypersons opinion is that Courier is a little easier to
>> set up, but I was using an older version of Postfix under Core 3. Most
>> of the minor problems I had getting (secure) remote mail access up and
>> running were TLS/SSL issues, and 100% Postfix. Still, I prefer Postfix
>> to any of the alternatives. :)
>>
>> Anyway, here's a couple links I found most useful...
>>
>> http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.06_p6
>> http://flurdy.com/docs/postfix/
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks. I've been googling all day and reading up on the subject. It
> appears that I may have trouble using Hebrew (utf-8) folder names in
> Dovecot (or any other IMAP server) because the standard specifies
> utf-7. Can anybody enlighten me on this?
>
> Also, will I absolutely need postfix? I'm not even sure what it does-
> all the documentation seems to assume that one is familiar with it. I
> _think_ that postfix will pull mail from my POP3 server and deliver it
> to the IMAP server. Is this correct?
>  


Hi Dotan,

I don't know about Dovecot but I am using Cyrus-IMAP and I just tested
the creation of a Hebrew folder name with no problem.

As for the need for Postfix or any other SMTP server.  Postfix is used
to move email between servers while the IMAP server is used to access
your email from your client (POP3 is another way to access your email).

If I remember correctly, Postfix will not grab your POP3 email from your
ISP.  You will need to use another program (fetchmail). Fetchmail will
collect the mail from the ISP's POP3 or IMAP server and deliver it to
your SMTP server which in turn will deliver it to your IMAP server.


Avi