light IMAP server for personal use

[John Carlyle-Clarke]

Chris Malton wrote:
> Steve Lamb wrote:
>   
>> Felipe Figueiredo wrote:
>>     
>>> I have some experience with Courier IMAP server, but I would like to set a 
>>> small IMAP server in my home box, for local delivery/management of my maildir 
>>> folders. What would be the lightest/simplest/fastest IMAP server, that would 
>>> allow subfolders? (note that I don't need SSL or quota for this)
>>>       
>>     I'd say give dovecot a try.  I believe it can do subdirs and I know it can
>> do maildir.  It's fairly light and a snap to set up.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Agreed.  I use Dovecot on my server for maildirs etc etc and it works 
> fantastically.
>
> I'm using SSL for IMAP, but otherwise it's a default configuration.
>
>   
I third that.  Also using dovecot locally for my personal mail, and it's 
fast and easy to set up.  Using postfix + fetchmail + spamassassin + 
maildrop + dovecot and it works really nicely.  I've had this setup for 
about 6 months at least, and I have dozens of folders and gigabytes of 
mail and haven't  had a problem.  I also installed roundcube webmail 
which is handy too.