Hello Aly, Tuesday, July 30, 2002, 9:16:11 PM, you textually orated:
<snip> OK. This message is just filled with misstatements, opinions and factual errors. Let's clarify things... AD> As I also mentioned that Sendmail is a system that makes use of the mbx format AD> which is pretty unreliable, one big file that has all you mail, if that gets AD> corrupted kiss most of you mail good-bye. Sendmail has NOTHING to do with mbx, maildirs or whatever you want to use. Sendmail is an MTA. That's a Mail Transfer Agent. All it does is get mail from server to server. If it has happened to arrive at the right one, then it passes it off to an MDA. The default MDA in RH is procmail. Also, mbx is a simple text file. Corrupting it is only likely if you suffer a power outage. If you are suffering power outages on servers then they are either not critical servers or you are not planning properly. Fixing it can be done in your favorite text editor. (Note, there are other ways to corrupt it, but they are very unlikely and would also apply to maildirs.) AD> So working with the fact that Sendmail AD> doesn't support Maildirs and you want to use mbx formats and Sendmail then by AD> all means work with UW-imapd/pop3d its reliable. That is your solution. Qpopper AD> is indeed a good pop3 server. If you want to use maildir with UW-IMAP, then read their page on how to do it. You will simply need to recompile and then change your procmail rules to deliver to maildirs. AD> If you decided that you want to use a more reliable mailbox format such as AD> Maildirs then firstly do some research on Maildirs, choose a better product than AD> sendmail, such as Exim, Qmail or Postfix and then find a imap/pop server that AD> supports maildirs such as Courier-Imap. How do you define better? Less features? Less developers? No corporate sponsorship? Less common? Come on, this is just like the Emacs vs. Vi thing, aren't we passed that point? I have nothing against any of your alternate suggestions (well, that's not completely true, I dislike Qmail for DJB and his licensing but not for the product), but they are not "superior". They may fit someone's needs better, but there is not necessarily something to gain (well, except for a product that suits your needs :). Best advice is do a lot of reading. Have fun, -- _________________________________________________________________ Brian Ashe CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. http://www.dee-web.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
