Re: IMAP server options in pkgsrc

["Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 12:24:50AM +0200, Matthias Petermann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 8/25/25 12:04 AM, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 01:53:02PM -0700, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> > > It should be relatively easy to build direct from source though,
> > > especially if you don't need some of the more complex features such as
> > > Kerberos (really?), or an SQL db (why!?!?), etc.
> > 
> > Yes, really.  Actually using that here with pkgsrc cyrus-imap.
> > 
> > 	Jonathan Kollasch
> 
> Which version of Cyrus IMAP are you using? The current release seems to be

Whatever one is in mainline pkgsrc.. cyrus-imapd-2.4.20nb31.

> 3.12. Has anyone tried building it on NetBSD? My WIP package is getting a

I haven't, I probably should.

> bit outdated. If I find the time, I could look into updating it, unless
> someone else is already working on it. At the moment I’m running Dovecot on
> Linux, though I’d prefer to switch back to Cyrus once my new NetBSD home
> server is ready.
> 
> I still find Cyrus a solid mail server. The newer versions also support
> CalDAV/CardDAV, which makes them an interesting option as groupware without
> having to rely on something as heavy as Nextcloud. Dovecot, on the other

I've been doing pkgsrc/net/Radicale for that.

> hand, seems to draw a clearer line between the CE and Pro editions now. It
> will be interesting to see how that develops — in any case, it’s good to
> have working alternatives.

The "we're breaking everyone's configs" thing has really turned me off
on dovecot.

	Jonathan Kollasch