Re: [bug-mailutils] mailutils vs. dovecot?

[Kostas Zorbadelos]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 03:52:53PM +0000, Mike wrote:
> I'm about to implement dovecot 

I believe you are implying a dovecot setup. Dovecot is already
implemented and provides both an imap and a pop server that supports 
many mailbox backends (at least mbox and maildir).

> and got to thinking 
> about gnu/mailtools. 
> What are the advantages of dovecot
> over gnu/mailtools? Does gnu/mailtools support maildir?

GNU/Mailutils provide libraries that also support multiple mailbox
backends. Dovecot has its own implementation for them, so the 2
projects are distinct, they share no code. 

Although mailutils provide an imap server implementation, we have used
dovecot in a production environment (around 300000 active users) and
seems OK. Of course our users are used to POP services and they only
use the imap server through a webmail.

Dovecot has an interesting secure coding architecture. Its code is
clean and is also well documented. 

> 
> Mike
> 

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