Re: IMAP and MailBox formats

My apologies... I was running the wrong imapd. Courier imapd  
installed it here:

/usr/lib/courier-imap/bin/imapd

But the port 143 is still blocked.

   -k.

Am 2007-08-09 um 15:26  schrieb Ken Mankoff:

>
> I have built and installed courier imapd and authlib, but am still  
> having trouble.
>
> When I run imapd I get this:
>
> % /usr/local/libexec/imapd Maildir
> * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX- 
> REFERRALS BINARY UNSELECT SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES  
> THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND] Pre-authenticated user mankoff  
> parma.local IMAP4rev1 2004.357 at Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:24:02 -0400 (EDT)
>
> But if I try to connect
> % telnet localhost 143
>
> I get a connection error. I've opened 143 on my firewall but I  
> don't think that is necessary as this is a 127.0.0.1 connection,  
> and I still cannot connect.
>
>   -k.
>
>
>
> Am 2007-08-08 um 17:15  schrieb Peter Beckman:
>
>> http://www.dbforums.com/archive/index.php/t-914327.html
>>
>> 1. Install Courier Imapd
>> 2. Create a shell script wherever, here /tmp/cin
>>
>>    #!/bin/sh
>>    #courier-imapd-noerr
>>    umask 0077
>>    cd $HOME && /usr/local/bin/imapd Maildir 2>/dev/null
>>
>> 3. edit .pinerc and set ssh-path to /tmp/cin
>> 4. Run Alpine
>>
>> Now you are using imap locally, but only running when you run  
>> alpine, and
>> it reads maildir.
>>
>> Beckman
>>
>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Ken Mankoff wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi List,
>>>> I posted this to the google group but think it might better be
>>>> here as a more technical question. Any help appreciated... Also,
>>>> I started playing with Alpine yesterday, but everything in this
>>>> email still holds true.
>>>> I like to have my mail stored locally so that while I'm offline  
>>>> I have
>>>> access to it all. Pine has been working great and has been my
>>>> preferred email client for over a decade, but I *need* the  
>>>> ability to
>>>> search across multiple folders and multiple accounts... So I've
>>>> started using Apple Mail. Also, I think I'll be getting a 2nd
>>>> generation iPhone and I want it to integrate with my mail, not just
>>>> remote IMAP inboxes, but local folders too.
>>>> But I miss my Pine...
>>>> So, my solution is to run an imap server on 127.0.0.1. Pine and  
>>>> Apple
>>>> Mail can be used interchangably to check remote IMAP mailboxes, but
>>>> now rather than storing mail locally in their own formats (~/ 
>>>> Library/
>>>> Mail/MailBoxes for Apple and ~/mail/ for pine) I'll store  
>>>> everything
>>>> 'local' on the 127.0.0.1 IMAP server, so either client or the  
>>>> iPhone
>>>> can connect to that. Sounds good to me. If I'm missing something  
>>>> let
>>>> me know.
>>>> The problem is this... I enabled IMAP using Postfix Enabler. I can
>>>> connect to 127.0.0.1 as an IMAP server with both Pine and Apple  
>>>> mail.
>>>> But Pine cannot read the folders.
>>>> Postfix Enabler sets up the imap server to store folders in ~/ 
>>>> Library/
>>>> Mail/[email protected]/<folders>  Each folder contains a  
>>>> group of
>>>> files for each message. I believe this is the MIX format and not  
>>>> MBOX,
>>>> but I'm not totally clear.
>>>> I can set Pine to access the local folders with this setup:
>>>> folder-collections=LocalIMAP {localhost/user=mankoff}/Users/ 
>>>> mankoff/
>>>> Library/Mail/IMAP-mankoff@localhost/[],
>>>> I see the (MIX?) mailboxes from Apple Mail localhost imap  
>>>> storage, but
>>>> they are not presented in a coherent Pine fashion. It is more  
>>>> like I
>>>> am just browsing the filesystem.
>>>> How do I force pine to view the folders in MIX rather than MBOX
>>>> format, if that is the solution? If it is not the problem/solution,
>>>> can any one suggest a method to achieve this integration between  
>>>> Pine
>>>> and Apple Mail?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>    -k. _______________________________________________
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