[OT] IMAP servers (was Re: Tips on Manual Bayes Training?)

[Chris]

Cool ill check out courier then.

Thanks Neil!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Robst" <neilrobst at ALM.ORG.UK>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: [OT] IMAP servers (was Re: Tips on Manual Bayes Training?)


> Hi Chris,
>
> I've used Cyrus, Courier and UW-IMAP. At the moment I think my
> preference is for Courier  as, IMHO, it has a good balance of features
> against ease of setup / use. I specifically wanted one that would
> integrate best with my LDAP directory. Plus my mail server is a closed
> box to users so I didn't wants their accounts in /etc/passwd, etc...
>
> Regards,
> Neil
>
> On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 16:17, Chris wrote:
> > I am going to install an IMAP server soon, is Courier preferred? I
noticed
> > that some people used Cyrus? is one better than the other?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Neil Robst" <neilrobst at ALM.ORG.UK>
> > To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: Tips on Manual Bayes Training?
> >
> >
> > > Hi Nathan,
> > >
> > > My users use the Courier IMAP mailserver with Outlook and Outlook
2000.
> > > Both clients are able to make use of shared-folders you can setup in
> > > Courier IMAP. Thus, with this mechanism you can create a shared SPAM
> > > folder for users to manually copy un-marked SPAM into...
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Neil
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 15:45, Nathan Johanson wrote:
> > > > Quick question for those of you with well-trained bayes databases.
> > > >
> > > > I'm planning to set up some spam traps. Question: Is there any
advantage
> > > > to learning messages already marked as spam by SpamAssassin?
> > > > Logistically, it makes sense only to feed false negatives and false
> > > > positives.
> > > >
> > > > For the time being, I'm planning on using MailScanner's "Non Spam
> > > > Actions" ruleset to forward unmarked spam sent to (postmaster@,
info@,
> > > > sales@, etc.) to a spamtrap mailbox. I'll verify all messages as
false
> > > > negatives and then learn them into the bayes database. This is an
> > > > attempt to offset some of the poisoning that's been affecting us
lately.
> > > > This doesn't take ham into account, but then I haven't had a lot of
> > > > problems with false positives.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions or alternative methods?
> > > >
> > > > I like the idea of end users redirecting spam to the appropriate
> > > > spam/ham mailboxes, but the majority of them are using Outlook or
> > > > Outlook Express and don't have any way to do this.
> > > >
> > > > Nathan
> > >
> > >
>
>