[rhelv6-beta-list] cyrus-imapd - missing or unsupported in RHEL6

[John Summerfield]

solarflow99 wrote:
> i'm surprised you didn't find dovecot sufficient?

I have been running Dovecot on one system, and cyrus-imapd on several 
others. I've been using the latter for more years and have been entirely 
happy with it. I installed Dovecot with RHEL4-clone "to have a look at 
it." I've had a look at it and see no compelling reason for me to prefer it.


> 
> 
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:27 AM, John Summerfield
> <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
>> I have just joined the list having just tried (unsuccessfully) to
>> install RHEL6-beta1.
>>
>> I've been going through the archives and found this subject.
>>
>> I've been running Dovecot on RHEL4-clone since new, and Cyrus on Debian
>> and RHEL-clone for longer.
>>
>> I've previously maintained and used WU-Imapd on RHL 7.x.
>>
>> I recently switched my own email (Dovecot) on RHEL4-clone to Cyrus on
>> RHEL5-clone.
>>
>> Yesterday I was talking to The Boss Who Pays Me about my pending
>> retirement which is likely to occur in the lifetime of any software I
>> install this year, and suggesting he might consider an actual genuine
>> RHEL system to replace the aged Debian.
>>
>> I don't see me recommending RHEL without Cyrus imap, and I won't be
>> recommending it be downloaded from EPEL, CentOS or anywhere else.
>>
>> For those who don't recognise my name, I've been using Linux since RHL
>> 3.0.3, it's been my primary OS since Hurricane (5.0), and I'm
>> comfortable with RHL's successors and Debian. My consideration now is to
>> make life easier for my (unknown) successor, while I retire to a
>> distance and play chess and work with wood.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
>>
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Cheers
John

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