[SLL] Looking for a uber-MHonArc

[Paul A. Franz, P.E.]

On Tue, January 20, 2009 10:09 am, Derek Simkowiak wrote:

>     Jeremy's thread from 2009-01-06 ("joined web forum and mailing
> list(s)") ended with a pointer to an existing deployment at matronics.com:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewforum.php?f=3
>
>     Did anyone ever figure out what phpBB plugin (or add-on) Matronics
> is using for that functionality?

I'm pretty active on a couple of these forums. The mail list is Mailman but it works
well with Majordomo and others as well. Be sure to browse the documentation as an
initial step.

<http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/>

You might also find this discussion most useful:

<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2005-June/045078.html>

> Anand> /[...] (stored in Outlook PST, which is another problem, since I need to
> convert PST to mbox)/
>
>     I recommend Maildir format over mbox.  Since each message is an
> individual (plain) text file, it's easier to find specific emails
> messages using grep/scripts/vi/etc.

I think that the mail box format will be best determined by your selection of IMAP
server. The speed of the IMAP server will dictate the satisfaction or lack of it, with
web based e-mail. My Squirrelmail preformance was unacceptably slow using UW IMAP.
Cyrus didn't solve the problem either. The answer to the speed problem is using
Dovecot.

<http://www.dovecot.org/>

So, that is what dictates Maildir.

Incidentally, I found some of the material here helpful.

<http://www.linux.com/feature/53203>


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