Understanding Sendmail/Cyrus-imap installation... AAAAAHHHHH!!!

[Mark Weaver]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
>>I'm in the process of changing my web / mail server over to FC3. In the 
>>past I've been using a good old solid distro of Mandrake 8.2, but 
>>decided to give FC3 a try. I was instantly rewarded by finding that FC3 
>>is much faster and more responsive on the 500Mhz machine its now 
>>installed on. Everything was a breeze to setup.. that is of course until 
>>I got to the Sendmail/Cyrus Imap setup. GOOD GOD!!! I'm ready to pull my 
>>hair out!
> 
> 
> Were you using Cyrus on Mandrake?
> 
> How many users do you have? Given that it's a web server *and* a mail
> server, and stil 500 MHz (I know, you shouldn't need that much CPU power
> for either job...), Cyrus may not be the right option for you.
> 
> You may find Dovecot a much easier ride for small servers, and more what
> you're used to. Cyrus is ... different.
> 
> James.
> 

Hi James,

There are 10 users assigned to this server and no, I wasn't using cyrus 
on the mandrake server. That server is running a much simpler setup with 
Postfix and imap. definitely no where near as much trouble to setup and 
get going. Its been a while since I've even looked at Sendmail and much 
has changed.

Is Dovecot in the repositories?

-- 
Mark

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