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Subject: Re: Email Server Suggestions From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com> Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 11:52:59 -0400 > I am looking into the options for email servers > (preferably free) and am curious as to what people would suggest for > POP/IMAP Servers. There are such servers included with Red Hat in the RedHat/RPMS directory of the CD. /usr/sbin/ipop3d and imapd are the servers. Both installed by the imap rpm. These can be enabled/disabled by commenting the imap or pop lines in /etc/inetd.conf, through use of /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny, and also using ipchains calls. In the past there have been many security exploits for imap, and who knows, there could be more in the future. So, many people feel it is a bad idea to enable access to imapd outside your local trusted networks. Cheers, Jan ===