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Pub. Date: September 2000
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover, 405pp
Sales Rank: 490,096

ISBN-13: 9780596000127
ISBN: 059600012X
Edition Number: 1
Edition Description: 2000

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Managing IMAP is both a conceptual and mechanical IMAP road map. Managers, system integrators, and system administrators on the front lines of Internet messaging will find it a valuable tool for IMAP system provision, maintenance and support. It is also useful to anyone considering IMAP for their messaging system. Managing IMAP covers the IMAP protocol, setting up a client, IMAP security, performance monitoring, and tools. Several chapters are devoted specifically to two of the most popular servers: the University of Washington server, and Cyrus, and detailed appendixes cover topics such as TCL, procmail, Sieve, and sendmail.

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"Managing IMAP" is a handy, concise reference for navigating the everyday tasks common to most IMAP servers. Managers, system integrators and system administrators on the front lines of Internet messaging will find it a valuable tool for IMAP system provision, maintenance and support.

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Presents an overview of the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and a thorough installation and management guide for the two leading UNIX-based IMAP servers, the University of Washington and the Cyrus IMAP servers. Intended for UNIX and email system administrators who are using or want to use IMAP to get email from their central mailstore to their users' client software. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Mullet learned the art of Unix system administration from the operator level up. Today she is the Unix Systems Administrator at the University of North Texas Computing Center.

Mullet handles network security and performance analysis and runs the firewalls at the University of North Texas Computing Center.

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Virtually everything, not just computers, but all devices are coming onboard the Internet, and the two principal applications are the World-Wide Web and E-Mail. The POP3 model for online-only messaging is being taxed to its limit, and users clearly would like mail servers with more "oomph". More specifically, the demand is for E-Mail servers that take advantage of centralized resources to manage mail, rather than heap more tasks on end-user computers. This clamor has been answered by incorporating the IMAP protocol into virtually every major E-Mail server on the market. Those that don't already have IMAP are probably among those that are planning to do so.

Managing IMAP is a moveable feast of IMAP help. It is a handy guide for everyday tasks common to most IMAP servers as well as a concise reference to help you navigate the sometimes sparsely and obtusely documented open-source software. Whether you want more insight into the IMAP server, client or utility software, or big-picture strategic suggestions to get off your legacy system, Managing IMAP is here to help.

This book is both a conceptual and mechanical IMAP road map. Managers, system integrators, and system administrators on the front lines of Internet messaging will find it a valuable tool for IMAP system provision, maintenance and support. It is also useful to anyone considering IMAP for their messaging system. Managing IMAP covers the IMAP protocol, setting up a client, IMAP security, performance monitoring, and tools. Several chapters are devoted specifically to two of the most popular servers: the University of Washington server, and Cyrus, and detailed appendixes cover topics such as TCL, procmail, Sieve, and sendmail.

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Table of Contents

	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xiii
I.	IMAP Fundamentals	1
1.	The Internet Mail Model	3
	What Is the Internet Mail Model?	3
	Why Follow the Internet Mail Model?	10
	Examples	12
2.	What Is IMAP?	16
	IMAP in a Nutshell	16
	IMAP's Three Interaction Models	17
	Why IMAP?	20
	IMAP and POP: A Comparison	24
	Present and Future of IMAP	32
	Open Source Server Implementations	33
	IMAP-Related Standards and Documents	35
3.	Anatomy of an IMAP Session	37
	IMAP Session Concepts	37
	IMAP Components	39
	An IMAP Session Play-by-Play	42
II.	IMAP Mail User Agents (MUAs)	49
4.	IMAP Clients	51
	Client Features	51
	PINE and PC PINE	55
	Star Mail	61
	Netscape Messenger	66
	Outlook Express	69
	Mulberry	71
	Eudora	75
	Other Clients	77
5.	Web-Based IMAP Clients	79
	What's a Web-Based IMAP Client?	79
	Why Use a Web-Based IMAP Client?	80
	Web IMAP Clients	83
	IMP	84
	Mailspinner	89
	SilkyMail	93
	EMU 3	96
	Wing	101
III.	The Cyrus IMAP Server	105
6.	Introduction to the Cyrus IMAP Server	107
	History of Cyrus	108
	Cyrus Concepts and Features	111
	Cyrus Server Configuration	118
	The Future of Cyrus	121
	Strengths and Weaknesses of Cyrus	122
	When Is Cyrus the Right Choice?	123
7.	Installing the Cyrus IMAP Server	125
	Software Prerequisites	125
	Hardware Note	126
	Where to Get the Software	127
	Supported Platforms	128
	Installing Cyrus	128
	Upgrading from Previous Versions of Cyrus IMAP	133
	Components of Cyrus and What They Do	134
	Common Problems	136
	Significant Bugs	136
8.	Configuring the Cyrus Server	137
	IMAP Configuration File and Directory	137
	Configuring the Authentication Mechanism	141
	Configuring syslog	145
	Configuring the MTA	145
	Getting Cyrus Up and Running	151
	Testing Your Server	151
9.	Cyrus System Administration	154
	Cyrus System Administration with cyradm	154
	Common Tasks	156
	Batch Account Maintenance with cyradm	163
	Shared Folders and Bulletin Boards	167
	Mailstore Partitioning	171
	Quota Maintenance	173
	Disaster Recovery	174
	Migration from Berkeley (Unix) Mailbox Format to Cyrus	179
	Mail Forwarding and Filtering on a Black Box	191
	Usenet Integration	197
	Troubleshooting	199
	Adding SSL Support to Cyrus	201
IV.	The UW IMAP Server	203
10.	Introduction to the UW IMAP Server	205
	What Is UW IMAP?	205
	UW's Strengths	208
	UW's Limitations	209
	UW IMAP Concepts	211
	Does UW IMAP Match Your Needs?	217
11.	Installing UW IMAP	223
	Where Do You Get UW IMAP?	223
	What Do You Get with UW IMAP?	227
	How Do You Install It?	229
	Where Can You Go for Help If You Get Stuck?	233
12.	UW System Administration	234
	General Issues	234
	Authentication	236
	Security	238
	UW IMAP Utilities	240
V.	Other Topics	243
13.	Addressing IMAP Security	245
	Security Resources	246
	A Handful of Security Tips	249
	Monitoring Security	258
	Boiling It All Down	260
14.	Running a Dedicated Server	261
	What's a Dedicated Server?	261
	Account Provisioning	261
	Mission Restriction	272
	The Ultimate in Dedicated Servers	276
15.	Server-Side Mail Filtering	277
	Why Filter on the Server?	277
	Procmail	278
	Sieve	283
	To Filter or Not to Filter	286
16.	Server Performance Tuning	288
	Platform	288
	I/O Subsystem Tuning	291
	Memory Tuning	295
	Kernel and Network Driver Tuning	296
	How to Know When It's Time to Scale Up	301
	Running imapd: inetd Versus Standalone	305
	Charting It Up for the Suits	306
17.	Remote Configuration Storage	307
	Why Store Client Configurations on a Server?	307
	IMSP, ACAP, or LDAP?	309
	IMSP	311
	ACAP	314
18.	IMAP Tools	319
	IMAP Administration Tools	319
	Authentication Tools	326
	Monitoring and Testing Tools	332
	IMAP Clustering	338
	IMAP APIs	340
VI.	Appendixes	347
A.	Conversion from Berkeley Mail Format to Cyrus: Tools	349
B.	Adding SSL Support to IMAP	357
C.	IMAP Commands	362
	Index	381

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