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abp="270"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="271"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000"
abp="272">Hi everyone</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR abp="273"><SPAN style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: "
abp="274"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="275"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000"
abp="276">For a testing propose I installed an e-mail server on Ubuntu. It cost
me couple of days to choose satisfied software and understand basic
principles.</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR abp="277"><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="278"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="279"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000" abp="280">I had in mind next
requirements:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR abp="281"><FONT
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="282"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="283"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="284">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="285"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri abp="286">The
software have to come from recent Ubuntu repository (tested, easy to
install/remove).</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR abp="287"><FONT
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="288"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="289"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="290">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="291"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri
abp="292">Easy to configure and administer.</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR
abp="293"><FONT style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="294"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="295"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="296">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="297"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri
abp="298">Good and clear documentation.</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR abp="299"><FONT
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="300"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="301"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="302">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="303"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri
abp="304">Good or great performance.</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR abp="305"><FONT
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="306"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="307"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="308">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="309"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri
abp="310">Good or great Security.</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR abp="311"><FONT
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="312"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="313"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="314">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="315"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri
abp="316">Future implementation of the exchange (MAPI). </FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR
abp="317"><SPAN style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="318"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="319"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000" face=Calibri
abp="320">After some research, mostly a sogo documentation I found some packets
which in most cases satisfy my requirements:</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR
abp="321"><FONT style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="322"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="323"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="324">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="325"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri
abp="326">Postfix 2.10.2 as MTA</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR abp="327"><FONT
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" color=#000000 abp="328"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="329"><FONT face=Symbol><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="330">·</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="331"><FONT style="size: 3" face=Calibri
abp="332">Cyrus 2.4.16 as MDA</FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR abp="333"><FONT
face=Calibri><SPAN style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: "
abp="334"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000" abp="335"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="336">Choice of Postfix as MTA was quite easy, after reading two Wikipedia
articles about most popular (so best documented) Postfix and
Exim:</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR abp="337"></FONT><A
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)#Performance" target=_blank
abp="338"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="339"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="340"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="341">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)#Performance</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="342"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exim#Performance" target=_blank
abp="343"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="344"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="345"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="346">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exim#Performance</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="347"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="348"><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000" abp="349"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="350">In addition, I
like how it is easy to configure a Postfix server and looks like postfix is a
bit secure than Exim:</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR abp="351"><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="352"><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000" abp="353"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="354">I wondered why
Cyrus often would suggested as a better choice than Dovecot. Finally, I found a
great analysis report, where Cyrus beats Dovecot:</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR
abp="355"></FONT><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="http://www.delaat.net/rp/2012-2013/p54/report.pdf" target=_blank
abp="356"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="357"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="358"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="359">http://www.delaat.net/rp/2012-2013/p54/report.pdf</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="360"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="361"><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000" abp="362"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="363">In my
virtualboxed Ubuntu server 13.10 I configured SMTP (25), Submission (587), IMAP
(143), IMAPS (993). IMAPs recently turned off. I followed those
tutorials:</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR abp="364"><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="365"><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000" abp="366"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="367">Postfix (Amavis
spamassasin clamav)</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR abp="368"></FONT><A
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix" target=_blank abp="369"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="370"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="371"><FONT
style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="372">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="373"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="https://help.ubuntu.com/13.10/serverguide/postfix.html" target=_blank
abp="374"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="375"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="376"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="377">https://help.ubuntu.com/13.10/serverguide/postfix.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="378"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixAmavisNew" target=_blank
abp="379"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="380"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="381"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="382">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixAmavisNew</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="383"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="https://my.spamexperts.com/kb/40/MTA-examples-to-set-use-a-smarthost.html#heading_toc_j_4"
target=_blank abp="384"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="385"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="386"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="387">https://my.spamexperts.com/kb/40/MTA-examples-to-set-use-a-smarthost.html#heading_toc_j_4</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="388"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/smtp_auth_mailclients.html"
target=_blank abp="389"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="390"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="391"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="392">http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/smtp_auth_mailclients.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="393"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="394"><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000" abp="395"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="396">Cyrus</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR abp="397"></FONT><A
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal" href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cyrus"
target=_blank abp="398"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="399"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="400"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="401">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cyrus</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="402"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="http://www.opengroupware.org/en/users/docs/snippets/Configurations/CyrusAutocreate.html"
target=_blank abp="403"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="404"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="405"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="406">http://www.opengroupware.org/en/users/docs/snippets/Configurations/CyrusAutocreate.html</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="407"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="https://cyrusimap.org/docs/cyrus-imapd/2.4.16/man/imapd.conf.5.php"
target=_blank abp="408"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="409"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="410"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="411">https://cyrusimap.org/docs/cyrus-imapd/2.4.16/man/imapd.conf.5.php</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="412"><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/626345d6-fece-4ccc-9660-2d494c2d1a9e/outlook-2013-imap-server-folders-not-syncing?forum=outlook"
target=_blank abp="413"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="414"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="415"><FONT style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="416">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/626345d6-fece-4ccc-9660-2d494c2d1a9e/outlook-2013-imap-server-folders-not-syncing?forum=outlook</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="417"><BR abp="418"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="419"><FONT
style="COLOR: #000000" abp="420"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="421">However, I came
across a problem. When I log in from Windows Live Mail Cyrus automatically
create only Inbox folder and no xlist-* rfc 6154 special maps (SENT DRAFTS TRASH
etc.). In older versions there was an autocreate patch:</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR
abp="422"></FONT><A style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal"
href="http://code.uoa.gr/p/cyrus/autocreate/" target=_blank abp="423"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: " abp="424"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="425"><FONT
style="COLOR: #0563c1" face=Calibri
abp="426">http://code.uoa.gr/p/cyrus/autocreate/</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><BR
abp="427"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="428"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="429"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000" abp="430">There is no patch for
2.4.+.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="428"></SPAN>
<DIV><BR abp="431"><SPAN style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: "
abp="432"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="433"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000"
abp="434">Does someone know how to solve this
problem?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="432"></SPAN><BR
abp="435"><SPAN style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="436"><FONT
style="size: 3" abp="437"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000" abp="438">Please see my
final configuration files in attachment.</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR
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abp="440"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="441"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000"
abp="442"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
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abp="440"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="441"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000"
abp="442">Thank you.</FONT></FONT></SPAN><BR abp="443"></DIV><SPAN
style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: decimal; FONT-FAMILY: " abp="444"><FONT style="size: 3"
abp="445"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000" abp="446"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
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abp="444"><FONT style="size: 3" abp="445"><FONT style="COLOR: #000000"
abp="446">P.S.: I purged Cyrus and installed Dovecot. It is working as I expect,
but I prefer to use a Cyrus (reasons above).</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR
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