[clug] IMAP multiple users:one account

[Robert Edwards]

The main ANU mail server supports IMAP (and has done for many years - I
use it for work every day). I think it is on a Sun Solaris system and
also supports Squirrelmail (the web mail server) (I am confused as to
whether this guy you are quoting is discussing web-mail over IMAP or
IMAP in general).

Anyhows, the Department of Computer Science also has IMAP for it's main
mail server (using dovecot) and also supports Squirrelmail (over IMAP)
for web-mail users.

So, I am having a little trouble deciphering some of the cryptic nature
of your question, but I can say that IMAP works fine at ANU for both
the main mail server (many thousands of users) and for the Departmental
servers (hundreds of users).

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

Kristy A. Bennett wrote:
> Okay so this is apparently the story for me not getting a short-term 
> small solution roll out job (as coming from the 'web-guy' for the 
> organisation).
> 
>  >I have a good It guy who has tried to do the Imap on a larger scale at 
> the
>  >university he has told me of the problems that they had in trying to 
> use it for
>  >multiple logins - after several months of effort the Imap servers 
> where scrapped.
> 
> university == ANU
> use it == an IMAP server for multiple logins
> 
> So...
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
> 
> Is this a legitimate reason for not proceeding when I am talking about 
> having only 6 desktops pulling email from the IMAP server?
> * All users of these desktops only use the one W$ login.  Of course, 
> appropriate filters would be implemented to minimise the need for 
> different individuals to access the same folders within a predetermined 
> structure as well as setting it to download more refresh more regularly 
> than if it was a single POP3 account. *I also have seen IMAP in action 
> when I previously worked at DEWR and had a shared Branch Inbox that was 
> accessible to 50 users without any major difficulties.  In that 
> situation it was simply a matter of having simple business procedures 
> like, 'Move the email to the 'actioned' folder before hitting reply so 
> that someone doesn't reply simultaneously', etc. *I also use it for 14 
> email accounts either server direct or through a FetchMail server at 
> home without any hiccups having email copied down to both laptop and PC 
> (both running simultaneously and in dual boot).  The only thing I can 
> complain about there is that when the 'you have email' sound happens on 
> my PC it takes as long as it takes for me to look up for the same email 
> to hit my laptop but that is purely a wireless latency thing.  I had no 
> problems ssh'ing in from remote localities (like linux.conf.au 2006) 
> either.
> 
> Is there something more sinister that I should be concerned about that I 
> am apparently oblivious to?  Or, is it possible that the current 
> 'web-guy' is afraid of something else?
> 
> Thanks!
>