Dear list, I am planing to set up dovecot-imapd on my production-mail server which currently only runs pop3 via qpopper on debian-sarge. It would be best, if I could only use imapd and use the existing pop3- server (qpopper) as it is. Is this possible? Can the user both use pop3 (qpopper) and imapd (dovecot) in parallel then? Where does dovecot-imapd store its mails? Does it store its mail in mbox-format in ~/mail, where also e.g. pine or mutt can access the mbox? Pretty dumb question I guess, but I want to make sure that nothing goes wrong during installation. It is a must that nothing changes on the server for my users. Best regards and thanks for your help Stephan Holl
* Stephan Holl <sholl at gmx.net> [20050602 14:14]: wrote:> Dear list, > > I am planing to set up dovecot-imapd on my production-mail server > which currently only runs pop3 via qpopper on debian-sarge. > > It would be best, if I could only use imapd and use the existing pop3- > server (qpopper) as it is. > Is this possible?Yes. Look at dovecot.conf and read it line by line, and then make the decision about the "Protocols we want to ..." - it's in there.> Can the user both use pop3 (qpopper) and imapd (dovecot) in > parallel then?Yes. Just don't let dovecot listen on pop3 port. Let it do only imap. Have you even tested dovecot at all? You cannot implement anything you haven't tested in a production environment, unless you are crazy.> Where does dovecot-imapd store its mails?Dovecot is not an smtp server that delivers mails.> Does it store its mail in mbox-format in ~/mail, where also > e.g. pine or mutt can access the mbox?What is your problem, really? You don't sound like you are competent to run any server service at all!!> Pretty dumb question I guess, but I want to make sure that nothing goes > wrong during installation. It is a must that nothing changes on the > server for my users.All your questions were dumb, anyway. My conclusion is you are not competent enough to try running any server. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash at wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
Stephan Holl wrote:> Dear list, > > I am planing to set up dovecot-imapd on my production-mail server > which currently only runs pop3 via qpopper on debian-sarge. > > It would be best, if I could only use imapd and use the existing pop3- > server (qpopper) as it is. > Is this possible? > > Can the user both use pop3 (qpopper) and imapd (dovecot) in > parallel then?I can't see why not. After all, qpopper's supposed to coexist with UW-IMAP, which is much less friendly ;) However, it would be safest not to use the "-S" option to qpopper as that makes it much more aggressive with caching and can lead to corrupt mailboxes if something else modifies them.> Where does dovecot-imapd store its mails? Does it store its mail in > mbox-format in ~/mail, where also e.g. pine or mutt can access the mbox?Wherever you like! (It's very configurable, see the example config and the Wiki.) For sharing with qpopper, I think you'd want it to be in "mbox" format (but Dovecot can also do Maildir format). Hope this helps, Chris -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin at reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094