Managing IMAP: Help for Email Administrators

If you are a *NIX sysadmin you don't have a lot of time to learn every application you're expected to support in the depth you'd like to. This is one of those books that gets you the information you need to make decisions about which versions of IMAP to implement, why, and how to manage them and the pro's and con's. Also had some good migration commands. Good quick ref for CYRUS, etc.

Anyone can set up a POP3 server. Setting up an IMAP server is rather more difficult, especially if you want it to scale to handle more than just a few thousand users.If you are administering "modern" Internet e-mail servers, then this book is a vital component of your bookshelf.

Just like the authors of this book, I was also very surprised why there isnt already a book on this subject. IMAP is spreading especially in webmail, enterprise and scalable systems.The book covers excellently the two major IMAP opensource servers UW IMAP and Cyrus IMAP servers.The book also touches subjects, as remote filtering, and remote configuration storage.Although the book leaves the usage of LDAP as a remote configuration option mentioned but untouched.The boot also talks about well known IMAP clients on Unix, Linux, MAC and Windowns platform such as (PINE, Eudora, Netscape Messanger etc).The book also talks about web-based email systems such as IMP, WING etc.One thing that I disliked about the book and for which reason it will not be get a room in my library and looses one star is that all screenshots of webbased mail systems are taken in MS Internet Explorer.Uh? I thought it was one of the BLUE books of Oreilly not a RED one.Perhaps the authors of this UNIX based book believe that a web-based email client consists of two parts: 1. A server side gateway such as IMP, WING 2. Microsoft Internet ExplorerAlso, on page 69 the book states "Internet Explorer and OE are available for Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh, and Unix". I dont think that its correct. I use a Unix system (IRIX), and I cannot seem to find one version for IRIX. Isnt IRIX Unix?Other than that , its a fine book that should be in your library unless you run a MS free house like mine.