light IMAP server for personal use

[Derek Broughton]

John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:

> 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.

me too.  I use masqmail & bogofilter rather than postfix & spamassassin.  I
used courier for years, and switched to dovecot almost on a whim.  It's
just a little bit simpler to set up and slightly smaller, but otherwise, at
least for a local server, flawless.  I don't know how well it scales,
though one of my ISPs is using it.
-- 
derek