gmt wrote:
Is there a distro with IMAP already installed? I've tried installing Cyrus & Courier by hand and run into lots of problems.
I'm guessing that Debian with uw-imapd would be among the easiest. It isn't preinstalled, but I think all you need to do is (as root):
apt-get install uw-imapd
or alternatively:
apt-get install uw-imapd-ssl
if you want IMAP over SSL. I believe the install scripts automatically put the proper entries in /etc/inetd.conf and reload inetd. It may be just as easy on RedHat.
UW IMAP has virtually no setup - there is no configuration file. So if it doesn't work, at least you won't be trying to figure out what parameters to change
. I wouldn't say UW is the best server, but it is probably the simplest to administer.
Roy