Cyrus vs Dovecot

[Alain Spineux]

2008/8/11 Mathieu Kretchner <mathieu.kretchner at sophia.inria.fr>:
> First of all : forgive me for my poor English
>
> Hello all,
>
> I've to compare cyrus with dovecot for my work. Because these are the only
> solutions that could fit our needs.
> Unfortunately I really don't know cyrus and I would like to have some of its
> assets.

what do you need ?
how many mailbox ?
how many users ?
what is in use now ?
what kind of access ? IMAP, POP3, webmail ?
how many server ?
Do you already have a database with your user ? in wich format ?


> Here are the properties of the versus table I've done :
>                        dovecot         cyrus
> Installation:
> Update:
> Migration from cyrus :
> Migration from dovecot :
> functionalities :
> Management :
> Local Delivery :
> availability :
> Security :
> Indexes management :
> NFS compatibility :
> Scalability :
> Configuration :
> interoperability :
> Sieve filter :
> Documentation :
> Quota capability :
> Performance :
> IMAP capability :
>
> So I know this can scared you, but If you have some asset for cyrus, It
> could be great and a lot more FAIR !!
>
> Thank you in advance for your advice.
>
>
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