I set up a Qmail/Imap Server for a small business that has been working fine.
In terms of the performance gains of the different types of mailboxes I don't
think this would be an issue with a small business though you will need to make
this call. Personally I set it up with generic Unix Style Mailboxes which seem
to be easier and more compatable with other programs out there. To have Qmail
send to ~/Mailbox requires a patched version. If you are interested I have
written a setup script that will install the whole thing. In terms of
"Lastly from what I have read UW imapd does not support shared or public
shares, is this correct?" I would like to have this capability but do not
currently.
By the way Qmail is very fast and secure in relation to Sendmail.
"Chad W. Skinner" wrote:
> I have been trying to determine the most appropriate way to set up a mail
> server for a small business and have run across a couple of articles
> ("Implementing IMAP with UW imapd" - http://www.carumba.com/imap/ and
> "Setting Up imapd" -http://info.rutgers.edu/Techdir/imap.html) which mention
> that the "mbx" format is better than the default "Unix Spool" format. I am
> trying to find answers to the following questions, but if there are sources
> I could read let me know as well.
>
> Does anyone know what format the system uses when it moves the files out of
> the spool and into the users home directory and is mbx superior in terms of
> speed?
>
> One article mentions the mbx format uses binary data in the file, does this
> pose problems restoring corrupted files or is it easy to restore the files
> if something screws up?
>
> The first article above changes the home directory of the users mail to
> avoid using NFS with mbx, anyone with more, well any, experience with NFS
> and imap have any clues as to why you want to avoid nfs in this setup?
>
> Lastly from what I have read UW imapd does not support shared or public
> shares, is this correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Chad
>
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