[Techtalk] good chain from exim4 and maildir to webmail and mutt?

[Anthony de Boer]

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
> My givens are : Debian Unstable, exim4, and maildir.  I definitely
> want to convert from mbox to maildir, and this seems like a good time.
> 
> Hrm.  I'm assuming exim4, but I guess if there is a really good
> argument for why I should consider postfix or something else, I might
> consider that, as well.  I currently use greylisting as well as spamd
> and procmail to limit spam.

Exim is still current, so no reason to migrate away from it, especially
if you have an existing configuration to use as a starting point.

I'm using it on a Gentoo system, so the minor issues I ran into will
be a bit different than whatever you'll see on Debian.

> My understanding is that in addition to a webmail system, I will also
> need an IMAP system.  Do you have any recommendations?  Can I have
> mutt hit the maildir files directly (my preference), or do I need to
> have mutt talk to IMAP to keep file integrity?

I'm using courier IMAP, and it works fine.  I'm not set up for webmail,
though, so I can't help you with that.

Mutt still works fine, too, and is happy with maildirs.  Having both
mutt and courier hitting the same maildirs hasn't caused any disasters
either, even jumping back and forth between them (for the occasional
message that needs looking at in a GUI client, for example).

Have fun!

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Anthony de Boer