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authormario <mario@slackverse.org>2011-05-08 13:03:25 -0500
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2011-05-08 13:03:25 -0500
commit23b75a01ed0a4e4ae3d87f38e6bcdd1c48ddfce7 (patch)
tree11b3a5c639d97f0e5ee553b8380538d3fa0c038b /network/cyrus-imapd/README
parent798336f88957c51ac52b8b13c759ff7eec816906 (diff)
network/cyrus-imapd: Updated for version 2.4.8.
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-What is IMAP?
-
The Cyrus IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) server provides access to
personal mail and system-wide bulletin boards through the IMAP protocol.
The Cyrus IMAP server is a scalable enterprise mail system designed for use
@@ -25,5 +23,16 @@ Cyrus technologies scale from independent use in email departments to a system
centrally managed in a large enterprise.
For more information on how to install and run cyrus-imapd, see
-README.SLACKWARE that came with this package (which is also installed with the
-docs).
+README.SLACKWARE that came with this package (which is also installed
+with the documentation).
+
+Two additional patches have been included, autocreate and autosieve, which
+improve cyrus' capabilities. To learn more about them, check their accompanying
+README files. To disable them, use: PATCHES=no ./cyrus-imapd.SlackBuild
+
+You must have a "cyrus" user and group to run this script.
+Something like this will create them:
+ # groupadd -g 238 cyrus
+ # useradd -d /var/imap -s /bin/sh -u 238 -g 238 cyrus
+See http://slackbuilds.org/uid_gid.txt for uid/gid suggestions.
+