Re: [Exim] MBX, UW imapd & vanishing messages

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Author: Glen Mehn
Date:  
To: exim-users
CC: Mark Rigby-Jones
Subject: Re: [Exim] MBX, UW imapd & vanishing messages

Michael J. Tubby B.Sc. (Hons) G8TIC wrote:
> I recall having the same problem back in the days of Exim 3.12 on a RedHat
> 5.1 machine with wu-imap. I found the solution was to throw away uw-imapd
> and MBX format and go for Courier-IMAP and Maildir
>
> a) the problem vanished
> b) my system stopped running dog slow (uw-imap really is pretty poor)


I've found the same in my experience, also uw-imap has a
less-than-stellar security reputation.

Works great with exim/maildir.

-glen

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