Author: Ian FREISLICH Date: To: Jakob Hirsch CC: 'Exim-users' Subject: Re: [exim] What about pop3?
Jakob Hirsch wrote: > meka wrote:
>
> > What is recomended for pop3? I would like to have mailbox format
>
> popa3d.
>
> > (easier to backup), but popa3d doesn't work on my box (FreeBSD-5.4).
>
> oops. "Doesn't work" is not really a useful problem description, but
> you'd better ask on the popa3d list.
> Besides this, I used tpop3d for quite a while, which runs fine.
> Courier is nice, but I would only use if IMAP is wanted. Same for dovecot.
>
> > only. I really don't mind having maildir, but it's damn hard to
> > backup if everything is under $HOME/Maildir. Thanx. :o)
>
> Maildir is not limited to $HOME/Maildir. Reasonable software has this
> configurable.
Have you tried /usr/ports/mail/popd? It supports traditianal BSD
mailboxes and maildir. I'm the author, so I know it works and
doesn't require $HOME/Maildir.
