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Subject: RE: What IMAP Server is recommended for use with Postfix?
From: Jason Fesler (jfeslergigo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 31 2000 - 11:36:03 CST

> Agreed, but it looks beautiful from Outlook, which is what I use (too many
> people send me MIME crap, which makes it a pain to use any other client).

Indeed, from a GUI it handles really nicely.

> The only real nit I have with Cyrus, is that it's spool isn't hashed. Right
> now, you see:
>
> user/troy
> user/troy/postfix-users

1.6x can do this; I forget which specific rev. The new auth scheme
however, from reading it, looks like it's not going to be terribly FreeBSD
happy, since auth is now a lib instead of a server, and we don't want the
imap server itself to be setuid root. It's the biggest reason I'm still
running 1.5x.

1.6x does it's hashing differently that what you're asking (as well
as it's off-shoot Netscape Mail Server 4.x). They do a hash of the name
itself, generate hex numbers, and mostly-evently distribute the name
space. They have a custom tool where given a username, it will spit out
the path, for scripting purposes.

> I'd rather see:
>
> user/t/r/troy
> user/t/r/troy/postfix-users

Use the source, Luke. :-)