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Book SynopsisThis text covers the IMAP protocol, setting up a client, IMAP security, performance monitoring, and tools. Several chapters are devoted to two of the most popular servers: the University of Washington server and Cyrus, and appendixes cover topics such as TCL, procmail, Sieve, and sendmail.
Table of ContentsForeword Preface I. IMAP Fundamentals 1. The Internet Mail Model What Is the Internet Mail Model? Why Follow the Internet Mail Model? Examples 2. What Is IMAP? IMAP in a Nutshell IMAP's Three Interaction Models Why IMAP? IMAP and POP: A Comparison Present and Future of IMAP Open Source Server Implementations IMAP-Related Standards and Documents 3. Anatomy of an IMAP Session IMAP Session Concepts IMAP Components An IMAP Session Play-by-Play II. IMAP Mail User Agents (MUAs) 4. IMAP Clients Client Features PINE and PC PINE Star Mail Netscape Messenger Outlook Express Mulberry Eudora Other Clients 5. Web-Based IMAP Clients What's a Web-Based IMAP Client? Why Use a Web-Based IMAP Client? Web IMAP Clients IMP Mailspinner SilkyMail EMU 3 WING III. The Cyrus IMAP Server 6. Introduction to the Cyrus IMAP Server History of Cyrus Cyrus Concepts and Features Cyrus Server Configuration The Future of Cyrus Strengths and Weaknesses of Cyrus When Is Cyrus the Right Choice? 7. Installing the Cyrus IMAP Server Software Prerequisites Hardware Note Where to Get the Software Supported Platforms Installing Cyrus Upgrading from Previous Versions of Cyrus IMAP Components of Cyrus and What They Do Common Problems Significant Bugs 8. Configuring the Cyrus Server IMAP Configuration File and Directory Configuring the Authentication Mechanism Configuring syslog Configuring the MTA Getting Cyrus Up and Running Testing Your Server 9. Cyrus System Administration Cyrus System Administration with cyradm Common Tasks Batch Account Maintenance with cyradm Shared Folders and Bulletin Boards Mailstore Partitioning Quota Maintenance Disaster Recovery Migration from Berkeley (Unix) Mailbox Format to Cyrus Mail Forwarding and Filtering on a Black Box Usenet Integration Troubleshooting Adding SSL Support to Cyrus IV. The UW IMAP Server 10. Introduction to the UW IMAP Server What Is UW IMAP? UW's Strengths UW's Limitations UW IMAP Concepts Does UW IMAP Match Your Needs? 11. Installing UW IMAP Where Do You Get UW IMAP? What Do You Get with UW IMAP? How Do You Install It? Where Can You Go for Help If You Get Stuck? 12. UW System Administration General Issues Authentication Security UW IMAP Utilities V. Other Topics 13. Addressing IMAP Security Security Resources A Handful of Security Tips Monitoring Security Boiling It All Down 14. Running a Dedicated Server What's a Dedicated Server? Account Provisioning Mission Restriction The Ultimate in Dedicated Servers 15. Server-Side Mail Filtering Why Filter on the Server? Procmail Sieve To Filter or Not to Filter- 16. Server Performance Tuning Platform I/O Subsystem Tuning Memory Tuning Kernel and Network Driver Tuning How to Know When It's Time to Scale Up Running imapd: inetd Versus Standalone Charting It Up for the Suits 17. Remote Configuration Storage Why Store Client Configurations on a Server? IMSP, ACAP, or LDAP? IMSP ACAP 18. IMAP Tools IMAP Administration Tools Authentication Tools Monitoring and Testing Tools IMAP Clustering IMAP APIs VI. Appendixes A. Conversion from Berkeley Mail Format to Cyrus: Tools B. Adding SSL Support to IMAP C. IMAP Commands Index
