dovecot - May 2004 - Dovecot vs. Courier-Imap

Hello,

I've heard of both and I already tested and installed both, but I'm not 
sure which one is better, since both just seem to work and I can't see a 
difference, except from the point how it's set up and configured. Where 
are the drawbacks of each one, where are the benefits? I also tested 
cyrus before, but cyrus is not working well with maildirs. I'm not that 
into detail of both projects, maybe you can explain a bit. Thanks in 
advance for every answer!

Regards
Marten

At Sun, 16 May 2004 00:58:27 +0200,
Marten Lehmann <lehmann at cnm.de> wrote:
> 
> I've heard of both and I already tested and installed both, but I'm
not
> sure which one is better, since both just seem to work and I can't see
a
> difference, except from the point how it's set up and configured. Where
> are the drawbacks of each one, where are the benefits? I also tested 
> cyrus before, but cyrus is not working well with maildirs. I'm not that
> into detail of both projects, maybe you can explain a bit. Thanks in 
> advance for every answer!
I believe Dovecot is much faster than Courier. Dovecot's index caching
is very smart and works well even on huge mailboxes.

-- fuyuki