IMAP, POP3, FC1 vs FC3

[poohba at blkpoohba.dyndns.org]

Well, seeing how I didn't go to FC2 and I only went to FC3 b/c I built a 
new system I think as long as they support FC1 I just may go back to it. 
My thing is.  If it isn't broke why try to fix it.  Maybe there were some 
flaws in imapd that I didn't know of but I was able to use it VERY easily. 
With dovecot I have been reading you have to reformat the way you use your 
mail and mail 'folders'.  My inbox is in /var/spool/mail/user and my 
'folders' which are only files are under ~/mail and that worked.  And 
since it was imapd that was working then I guess I will go back to that. 
I've tried following the comments and various pages I've found and I have 
not been able to get pop or imap to work.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Edward wrote:

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> poohba at blkpoohba.dyndns.org wrote:
>> I know that FC3 uses a different program but I want to use what I had 
>> working in FC1.  Which pop and imap server did FC1 use?  I would just stick 
>> with what FC3 has but I can't get pop or imap and its frustrating me.  I'm 
>> glad I can ssh in and get my mail via pine but I want to be able to get it 
>> from anywhere with pop.  Which servers do I need to download so I can get 
>> back to my old FC1 config w/o actually going back to FC1?
>> 
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> Seriously, I had dovecot running in 5 minutes flat. I don't think it's 
> configuration is as nice or easy as imapd, but it really is not hard to set 
> up. Even the config file is commented.
>
> My suggestion is to learn the new Fedora 3 way of doing things, because I 
> doubt we're ever going to go back to imapd, and do your really want to go 
> through this each time we upgrade to FC4, 5, 6 etc?
>
> Regards,
> Ed.
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