Re: To IMAP or not to IMAP

[Jesse F. Hughes]

"Richard Watson" <tinnedmeat@doilywood.org.uk> writes:

> jesse@phiwumbda.org (Jesse F. Hughes) writes:
>
>> Quick question:  I use sendmail now, but if I understand the Courier
>> site, it appears I have to change to some other MTA to use Maildir.  I
>> think that Exim, Postfix or Courier's own MTA will do, if I
>> understand.
>
> Yes, in fact for home use you'd probably be much better off with any
> of those than sendmail (unless you are already a sendmail guru)
>
>> Boy, that's more overhead, ain't it? 
>
> Depends what you mean by overhead. You only need one MTA after all. It
> might as well be one you like :-)

I'm not a guru, but I have sendmail configured reasonably well.  And
it comes with Slackware, so it's simply easier to keep it.

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