Re: IMAP server options in pkgsrc

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025, Martin Husemann wrote:
> I am moving a mail server to a new machine (and totally new setup),
> so I am looking at what options I have for a pop3 and imap server
> in pkgsrc.
>
> The web relatively clearly recommended dovecot, so I started looking there.
> However, there just has been a major bump and configuration is a bit
> different for the older version in mail/dovecot2. For a new setup this
> gives me a bad feeling, I don't want to have a complex major bump "soonish".
>
> The other obvious option is mail/cyrus-imapd24, which also is a majore
> version behind the current 3.8.6. pkgsrc-wip has a slightly older
> cyrus-imapd36.
>
> Does anyone have any other recommendations or experience with dovecot
> 2.3 to 2.4 migration?
>
> Anyone feel like creating newer wip packages for cyrus, or one for
> dovecot 2.4?

There's quite a bit of angst about the 2.4 branch of dovecot as it removes 
replication (not dsync by the sounds of it though):

https://dovecot.org/mailman3/archives/list/dovecot%dovecot.org@localhost/thread/2CPFZ5OXVA2QYHQBWH7P6QM4J4D7FEYE/

It seems they haven't quite got the messaging straight yet.

(personally happy with Dovecot 2.3 for pop3, imap, lmtp and submission).

--
Stephen