IMAP/POP3 Configuration

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Mon Feb 19 23:01:04 MSK 2007


On 2/19/07, Matthew Cowgur <matt.cowgur at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm completely new to running a server, and I realized after looking through
> the wiki that the information & examples there regarding configuring the
> IMAP/POP3 module made absolutely no sense to me. Could someone give an
> example of a nginx.conf file that includes IMAP/POP3 configuration so I can
> get an idea of where it needs to go in there? Also, do I need another tool
> to setup email accounts, and if not, where does that configuration go?

nginx can proxy/load balance IMAP/POP3, but it is not a server. There
is an example of this on the wiki.

http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxImapProxyExample

It doesn't sound like this is what you need though. You need another
software package entirely if you want to serve IMAP or POP3.

-bob





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