OT: IMAP and POP3

[Lars Kristiansen]

Steve Campbell skrev:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "hermit921" <hermit921 at yahoo.com>
> To: "MailScanner discussion" <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:38 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: IMAP and POP3
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>>> On 2/17/06 1:06 PM, "Rodney Green" <rgreen at trayerproducts.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Will IMAP and POP3 operate properly when installed side-by-side on the
>>> same server?
>>
>> I have seen a few cases lately where a user does IMAP and POP 
>> intermixed, but not simultaneously.  A sad result is that the mail 
>> file (mbox format) can get corrupted and neither access protocol works.
>>
>> hermit921
>>
>> -- 
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> I have never had any luck with shared IMAP accounts. Either someone 
> deletes something at the same time someone else deletes another email, 
> corrupting something, or no one ever cleans out the mailbox. Time 
> limits on the mailbox don't seem to work either.
>
> Without very firm controls over the individual email accounts, it just 
> becomes a nightmare.
>
> If anyone can suggest a solution, I'm ready to listen.
cyrus-imapd perhaps?

-- 
Regards from Lars

>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Campbell
> campbell at cnpapers.com
> Charleston Newspapers
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