SGI Freeware: imap 2001a
imap-2001a: description + notes
IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol. It is a method of
accessing electronic mail or bulletin board messages that are kept on
a (possibly shared) mail server. In other words, it permits a "client"
email program to access remote message stores as if they were local.
For example, email stored on an IMAP server can be manipulated from a
desktop computer at home, a workstation at the office, and a notebook
computer while traveling, without the need to transfer
messages or files back and forth between these computers.
If you want to enable the rimap capability, which lets
users with a suitable client and .rhosts file on the server access
IMAP services without transmitting passwords in the clear over the
network, you need to have /etc/rimapd linked to
/usr/freeware/bin/imapd.
Regardless the server's account must have a non-null password.
The UW IMAP Information
Center has more information, as does
The IMAP Connection.
WARNING: Do NOT install servers built with SSL support unless
you also plan to install proper certificates! It is NOT supported to
run SSL-enabled servers on a system without the proper certificates.
See /usr/freeware/doc/imap/SSLBUILD for more information.
NOTE: The mbox driver is now enabled by default.
If the file "mbox" exists on the user's home directory and
is in UNIX mailbox format, then when INBOX is opened this file will be
selected as INBOX instead of the mail spool file. Messages will be
automatically transferred from the mail spool file into the mbox file.
NOTE: This product replaces fw_BSDqpopper.
You will have to remove fw_BSDqpopper by yourself,
though. No automatic replaces rules have been defined, so
you can install both during a transition period and not lose
functionality while configuring fw_imapd.
To auto-install this package, go back and click on the respective install icon.
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