Re: [binc] Compatibility with other programs

On Thursday, May 12 at 12:34 PM, quoth Charles M. Gerungan:
>I've searched the mailing lists and Googled for information and I  
>think I'm correct to assume that I can switch from Courier to Binc,  
>meaning that all functionality of the programs listed below will work  
>with Binc. However, I'd like to verify with the list that my  
>assumption is correct. Here's the list of software I use now (some  
>programs are not directly related to IMAP but I decided to list them  
>for completeness' sake):
>
>qmail
>courier-imap (cdb)
>vqadmin
>qmailadmin
>sqwebmail
>ezmlm
>maildrop
>simscan
>spamd/spamc
>clamav
>
>Three remaining questions:
>
>Will everything still work when using IMAPdir instead of maildir++?

Depends on what you mean by work, and on how you "shadow" the maildir 
directory. If all deliveries go to INBOX, then that's easy - most 
maildir2IMAPdir converters leave symlinks in place for things to still 
use the Maildir directory appropriately, so deliveries will still work. 
Maildrop scripts will need to be altered to deliver to the correct 
locations if they deliver somewhere other than INBOX. And of course, 
courier-imap won't exactly work anymore ;)

The trick will be: anything that creates new folders has to be made 
aware of the new locations of everything.

>How should I tackle quota?

No idea - I don't use quotas, and didn't when I converted from Courier 
to Binc, so someone else will have to help you out.

>How should I tackle shared folders?

Echhh. Shared folders. Personally? I recommend ditching them and going 
to a mailing list instead (it just makes life easier). Shared folders, 
last I heard, are a feature that's going to be in Binc 1.3 (read: not 
available yet, but it's on the wishlist).

Good luck,
~Kyle
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