IMAP usage setup

Steps to get IMAP working
(Note that you may find other ways, this is how I do it, so I wrote this up) This setup is how I got Eudora & Pine working together: 1) use a .forward file and a .procmailrc file in your home directory to keep your 'in' mail filed into your home directory in the 'mail' directory. This makes sure you can create multiple directories/etc, since the /var/mail default directory doesn't let you do anything. This also keeps the growing mail files in YOUR directory so you can track the space usage better. (Usage of /tmp or similar is not suggested as Those may be wiped clean occasionally). 2) In Eudora (Or whatever else you're using), you setup the mail server [mail.zo.com], username [your name], password [your unix password], etc as if for POP mail. Then the IMAP mailbox location 'prefix' or whatever its labelled would be /home//mail. (Ie. /home/nehpets/mail) 3) In Pine, you just do your normal thing [as it'll use the same folder/etc format as IMAP], the exception being that you'll need to change your inbox-path to "/home//mail/inbox" or whatever you setup in your procmailrc for the mail delivery. This can be done in your .pinerc, or via the options in the program itself. That's the basics. There are other things to take advantage of, and other things I can get setup or documented [using procmailrc to automatically file things into folders will make your life beautiful ;), its 5000% better than eudora filtering or similar]. But this'll get you going. If I get the chance, I'll setup a quick little script to let you automatically set this up if you don't already have a forward/procmailrc file. Note that this is currently the first IMAP software package I've installed here (WU version), so I haven't tested it much for speed/folder update reliability/etc. If this doesn't work out too great, I'll try out other packages. There is no encrypted password model setup right now (The basic functions require a clear-text password file to be setup, which I won't do), but SSL should be enabled in the imapd package, allowing you to have a secure transmission session when I get it properly active [I think I need a certificate...]. Also note that if you already have local folders in your eudora/etc, you should be able to copy the data to the IMAP folder, or keep it locally (not shared with the world). We can also setup shared folders for reading/writing/etc with file/folder linking. More information on that if we do anything with it.

Steps to get IMAP working

(Note that you may find other ways, this is how I do it, so I wrote this up)
This setup is how I got Eudora & Pine working together:
1) use a .forward file and a .procmailrc file in your home directory to keep your 'in' mail filed into your home directory in the 'mail' directory. This makes sure you can create multiple directories/etc, since the /var/mail default directory doesn't let you do anything. This also keeps the growing mail files in YOUR directory so you can track the space usage better. (Usage of /tmp or similar is not suggested as Those may be wiped clean occasionally).

2) In Eudora (Or whatever else you're using), you setup the mail server [mail.zo.com], username [your name], password [your unix password], etc as if for POP mail. Then the IMAP mailbox location 'prefix' or whatever its labelled would be /home//mail. (Ie. /home/nehpets/mail)

3) In Pine, you just do your normal thing [as it'll use the same folder/etc format as IMAP], the exception being that you'll need to change your inbox-path to "/home//mail/inbox" or whatever you setup in your procmailrc for the mail delivery. This can be done in your .pinerc, or via the options in the program itself.

That's the basics. There are other things to take advantage of, and other things I can get setup or documented [using procmailrc to automatically file things into folders will make your life beautiful ;), its 5000% better than eudora filtering or similar]. But this'll get you going. If I get the chance, I'll setup a quick little script to let you automatically set this up if you don't already have a forward/procmailrc file.

Note that this is currently the first IMAP software package I've installed here (WU version), so I haven't tested it much for speed/folder update reliability/etc. If this doesn't work out too great, I'll try out other packages. There is no encrypted password model setup right now (The basic functions require a clear-text password file to be setup, which I won't do), but SSL *should* be enabled in the imapd package, allowing you to have a secure transmission session when I get it properly active [I think I need a certificate...].

Also note that if you already have local folders in your eudora/etc, you should be able to copy the data to the IMAP folder, or keep it locally (not shared with the world). We can also setup shared folders for reading/writing/etc with file/folder linking. More information on that if we do anything with it.