On 10/21/05, Ki Song <ki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > From: Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo@xxxxxxxxx> > > Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:59:50 -0400 > > To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: IMAP Access Not Working!! > > > > On 10/21/05, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Am Fr, den 21.10.2005 schrieb Ki Song um 13:22: > >> > >>>> rpm -qa | grep cyrus | sort > >>>> that will list you all installed packages with cyrus in their name > >> > >>> cyrus-sasl-2.1.20-5 > >>> cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.20-5 > >>> cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.20-5 > >>> cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.20-5 > >>> cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.20-5 > >>> > >>> > >>> This is the result that comes back when I type the rpm command above. > >>> > >>> Does this mean that tcyrus is installed? If not, where can I get info on how > >>> to install cyrus properly so I can have an IMAP server up and running? > >> > >> Cyrus-SASL != Cyrus-IMAPd both are very different applications under > >> maintenance of CMU. See http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/ > >> > >> You need to install the Cyrus-IMAPd packages (yum install cyrus-imapd > >> cyrus-imapd-utils perl-Cyrus) if you want to run that IMAP/POP3 server. > >> And even more, you have to carefully read its documentation and > >> configure it. That mail access server is not trivial. > > > > Ki, did you pick cyrus specifically because you need it? Dovecot imap > > server works for most people and is easy to configure. If you're not > > sure you need cyrus, consider dovecot before you press ahead. There's > > a great how-to (not just for dovecot) at http://www.brennan.id.au/. > > > > I chose cyrus because it was listed as the IMAP server in the Perfect Setup > - Fedora Core 4. There is no other specific reason I chose that server. > > The site you pointed me to above looks good, however, I can't find any > reference to Dovecot. > > Where is it? Well, that's funny, I can't find it either ... I set up my home server according to that How-to. Maybe dovecot just works out of the box? Seriously ... I don't remember having to do anything except install it and turn it on, now that you mention it.
