Nigel Metheringham wrote...
> 1. WU-IMAP.
> http://www.imap.org/products/single.msql?Record=95
> Well known, supports several different mailbox formats.
> Codes a real PITA, security history is in the same league as
> sendmail prior to the late 90's or that other great WU
> product wu-ftpd (ie as secure as a chocolate fireguard)
Odd that people manage to find such confidence in conclusions they draw
from thinly-stretched assumptions. It's UW-IMAP, out of the University of
Washington in Seattle (
www.washington.edu) - and it has absolutely nothing
to do with wu-ftpd, which was originally developed by someone at
Washington University in St. Louis (
www.wustl.edu).
UW-IMAP is very good software in my experience with deploying and
maintaining it at a number of mid-size ISPs. It has had its bugs
(occasionally security-related), but then, that's true of most mature
software whose codebase can be traced back to earlier, more friendly
(might I suggest _better_) times. I think that the kind souls who develop
software for others to use free of charge deserve gratitude and respect,
whether their software suits my current requirements or not.
--
Pete Naylor
