IMAP/POP3 Configuration

[Matthew Cowgur]

On 2/19/07, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 02:31:35PM -0600, Matthew Cowgur wrote:
>
> > On 2/19/07, Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru> wrote:
> > >
> > >On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 02:08:09PM -0600, Matthew Cowgur wrote:
> > >
> > >> Ah, I see. So I can use it to proxy a request that comes in to
> > >> mail.domain.com to a mail server, then? Can someone suggest a good
> piece
> > >of
> > >> mail software to use with Nginx, or does it matter more what kind of
> > >> functionality I want?
> > >
> > >You need nginx IMAP/POP3 proxy only if
> > >
> > >1) you have several IMAP/POP3 backends,
> > >2) you need the single enter point, say, mail.domain.com,
> > >3) and you have a LOT of IMAP/POP3 accounts (e.g. as
> > >   fastmail.fm: http://blog.fastmail.fm/?p=592 )
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Igor Sysoev
> > >http://sysoev.ru/en/
> > >
> > >
> > >> On 2/19/07, Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >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.
> > >
> > >
> > So, only if I'm using more than one IMAP/POP3 servers, or more than one
> > domain?
>
> More than one server. For example, if user1 at domain.com's mail is stored
> on one server and user2 at domain.com's mail is stored on another server
> due to the disk speed or space constraints. If all users live on
> single server, then you do not need the proxy.
>
>
> --
> Igor Sysoev
> http://sysoev.ru/en/
>
>
Ok. Thanks!

-- 
matthew cowgur
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