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Re: [SLUG] pop servers


<quote who="mkraus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">

> Can anyone make any suggestions regarding pop servers?
> 
> Using debian I notice ipopd, ipopd-ssl, mailutils-pop3d, cyrus-pop3d,
> solid-pop3d.  What recommendations do people make?
> 
> (Mainly looking for ease of installation and maintenance. Implementation
> will be behind firewall.)

I'd recommend courier-pop (and its more secure cousin, courier-pop-ssl). It
will require that you use Maildir, but that's easy enough to organise with
most MTAs.

For fun, you ought to investigate IMAP. It is very cool. :-)

- Jeff

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