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Courier-IMAP is a server that provides IMAP access to maildirs. This
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IMAP server does NOT handle traditional mailbox files (/var/spool/mail,
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and derivatives), it was written for the specific purpose of providing
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IMAP access to maildirs.
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"Maildir" is a directory-based mail storage format originally introduced
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in the Qmail mail server, and adopted as an alternative mail storage
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format by both Exim and Postfix. Courier-IMAP is popular on
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Qmail/Exim/Postfix sites that are configured to use maildirs. The
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primary advantage of maildirs is that multiple applications can access
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the same maildir simultaneously without requiring any kind of locking
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whatsoever. It is a faster and more efficient way to store mail. It
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works particularly well over NFS, which has a long history of
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locking-related woes.
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This package differs from a vanilla Courier-IMAP installation in that
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the files are installed at locations that more closely correspond to
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a Courier installation.
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