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The Cyrus IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) server provides access to
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personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol.
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The Cyrus IMAP server is a scalable enterprise mail system designed for use
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from small to large enterprise environments using standards-based
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technologies.
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A full Cyrus IMAP implementation allows a seamless mail and bulletin board
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environment to be set up across multiple servers. It differs from other IMAP
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server implementations in that it is run on "sealed" servers, where users
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are not normally permitted to log in. The mailbox database is stored in parts
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of the filesystem that are private to the Cyrus IMAP system. All user access
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to mail is through software using the IMAP, POP3, or KPOP protocols.
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The private mailbox database design gives the server large advantages in
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efficiency, scalability, and administratability. Multiple concurrent
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read/write connections to the same mailbox are permitted. The server
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supports access control lists on mailboxes and storage quotas on mailbox
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hierarchies.
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Cyrus is a highly scalable enterprise mail system designed for use in
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enterprise environments of various sizes using standards based technologies.
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Cyrus technologies scale from independent use in email departments to a system
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centrally managed in a large enterprise.
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For more information on how to install and run cyrus-imapd, see
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README.SLACKWARE that came with this package (which is also installed
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with the documentation).
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Two additional patches have been included, autocreate and autosieve, which
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improve cyrus' capabilities. To learn more about them, check their accompanying
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README files. To disable them, use: PATCHES=no ./cyrus-imapd.SlackBuild
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You must have a "cyrus" user and group to run this script.
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Something like this will create them:
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# groupadd -g 238 cyrus
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# useradd -d /var/imap -s /bin/sh -u 238 -g 238 cyrus
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See http://slackbuilds.org/uid_gid.txt for uid/gid suggestions.
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