doc/Development/imap_servers.txt

   1 $Date$
   2
   3 Collected information about IMAP servers.
   4
   5 -----------
   6 Cyrus IMAPD
   7 -----------
   8 An IMAP server developed at Carnegie Mellon University
   9
  10 Tested Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.12-Invoca-RPM-2.2.12-6.fc4
  11 CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE
  12  UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND BINARY SORT
  13  THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE LISTEXT
  14  LIST-SUBSCRIBED X-NETSCAPE
  15
  16 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen $MDNSent \*)
  17
  18 NAMESPACE (("INBOX." ".")) (("user." ".")) (("shared." "."))
  19
  20 Server supports server side sorting since 2.0.4 version. euc-jp, euc-kr,
  21 tis-620, cp1251, cp1255 character sets are not supported by sorting functions
  22 (v.2.2.12).
  23
  24 Site URL: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/
  25
  26
  27 --------
  28 UW IMAPD
  29 --------
  30 Part of University of Washington IMAP toolkit.
  31
  32 Tested 2002e (2003.339)
  33 CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS BINARY UNSELECT SCAN SORT
  34  THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS
  35  AUTH=LOGIN
  36
  37 PERMANENTFLAGS (Seen \* \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)
  38
  39 NAMESPACE (("" "/")("#mhinbox" NIL)("#mh/" "/")) (("~" "/")) (("#shared/" "/")("#ftp/" "/")("#news." ".")("#public/" "/"))
  40
  41 Server supports server side sorting. Plain text logins are disabled by default.
  42 Version visible in IMAP greeting can be used by more than one packaged version.
  43
  44 Site URL: http://www.washington.edu/imap/
  45
  46
  47 ------------
  48 Courier IMAP
  49 ------------
  50 Fast, scalable, enterprise IMAP server that uses Maildirs
  51
  52 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT
  53  THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE ACL ACL2=UNION
  54
  55 PERMANENTFLAGS (\* \Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)
  56
  57 NAMESPACE (("INBOX." ".")) NIL (("#shared." ".")("shared." "."))
  58
  59 Recent (3.0.0+) versions support most of character sets used by SquirrelMail,
  60 if courier-imap is compiled with --enable-unicode option. Only koi8-u
  61 is not supported. Server can be compiled with custom number of supported
  62 character sets. Sorting can be disabled in imapd configuration. Capability
  63 string can be set in configuration. Supports CRAM-MD5, CRAM-SHA1 and
  64 CRAM-SHA256, if userdb or other backend stores passwords in plain text. Does
  65 not handle traditional mailbox files.
  66
  67 Site URL: http://www.courier-mta.org/
  68
  69
  70 -----------
  71 hMailServer
  72 -----------
  73 Open source email server for WinNT and later.
  74
  75 Tested 4.1.1 (Build 140).
  76 CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 QUOTA
  77
  78 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Deleted \Seen \Draft \Answered \Flagged)
  79
  80 Site URL: http://www.hmailserver.com/
  81
  82
  83 ---------
  84 Mercury32
  85 ---------
  86 Mercury Mail Transport System. Free email server for Win32 and Netware.
  87
  88 Tested Win32 v.4.01b
  89 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 X-MERCURY
  90 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Deleted \Draft \Seen \Answered)
  91
  92 Comments:
  93 * Server side sorting and threading are not supported.
  94 * Message flags are not supported.
  95 * IMAP folders can store messages _or_ other folders.
  96 * Supports STARTTLS, if configured.
  97 * May have issues with 8bit IMAP folder names.
  98
  99 Site URL: http://www.pmail.com
 100
 101
 102 -------
 103 Dovecot
 104 -------
 105 Dovecot Secure IMAP server.
 106
 107 Tested v.0.99.14
 108
 109 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE
 110   CHILDREN LISTEXT LIST-SUBSCRIBED NAMESPACE
 111
 112 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)
 113
 114 IMAP server supports server side sorting and threading. 1.0alpha1-5 versions
 115 violate syntax of responses to UID commands. NAMESPACE is supported in 1.0alpha.
 116 Remote plain text logins are disabled by default.
 117
 118 Site URL: http://www.dovecot.org
 119
 120
 121 ---------
 122 Binc IMAP
 123 ---------
 124 Simple, lightweight IMAP server.
 125
 126 Tested v.1.2.13 and 1.3.4
 127
 128 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN (1.2.13)
 129 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN IDLE LITERAL+ NAMESPACE
 130  CHILDREN (1.3.4)
 131
 132 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) - 1.2.13
 133 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*) - 1.3.4
 134
 135 IMAP server does not support server side sorting and threading. Plain text
 136 logins are disabled by default. Due to available storage backend configuration
 137 options it is impossible to create single preset, which covers all setups.
 138
 139 Site URL: http://www.bincimap.org
 140
 141
 142 -------------------
 143 GNU Mailutils IMAPD
 144 -------------------
 145 Part of GNU mail utility collection
 146
 147 Tested v.0.6.1 (Debian Sarge) and v.0.6.90
 148
 149 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 NAMESPACE IDLE X-VERSION AUTH=GSSAPI AUTH=ANONYMOUS
 150  AUTH=EXTERNAL AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=SECURID AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=CRAM-MD5
 151
 152 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Deleted \Seen)
 153
 154 NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL NIL
 155
 156 Can use UW preset. Server side sorting is not supported. IMAP folders can
 157 store messages or subfolders. Can't create second level (mail/Folder/Subfolder/)
 158 subfolders. Invalid unseen message count, when \Seen flag is toggled manually.
 159 Folder listing with non-default sort order issues are fixed in cvs version.
 160 Use of server with SquirrelMail is not recommended and not supported.
 161
 162 Site URL: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/mailutils
 163
 164
 165 ------------
 166 DBMail IMAPD
 167 ------------
 168 IMAP server that is part of DBMail email suite. DBMail provides local delivery
 169 agent, pop3 and imap servers. User information and emails are stored in
 170 database.
 171
 172 Tested v.2.0.7
 173 Information provided by Muhd Zamri
 174
 175 CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 AUTH=LOGIN ACL NAMESPACE SORT
 176
 177 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Deleted \Flagged \Draft \Recent)
 178
 179 NAMESPACE (("" "/")) (("#Users" "/")) (("#Public" "/"))
 180
 181 IMAP server provides partial support of IMAP QUOTA extension. setquota command
 182 is not supported and QUOTA extension is not advertised in CAPABILITY. SORT
 183 extension is broken in tested version.
 184
 185 > A05 UID SORT (FROM) US-ASCII ALL
 186 A05 BAD syntax error in sort keys
 187
 188 > A06 UID SORT (FROM) ISO-8859-1 ALL
 189 A06 BAD UID command received in invalid state
 190
 191 Site URL: http://www.dbmail.org
 192
 193
 194 ----
 195 Bejy
 196 ----
 197 HTTP and email server written in Java. User information is stored in database.
 198 SELECT response is in rfc 2060 format.
 199
 200 Tested v.1.4.1.58b
 201
 202 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1
 203
 204 PERMANENTFLAGS - missing
 205 FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)
 206
 207 Site URL: http://www.bejy.net
 208
 209 --------
 210 Mac OS X
 211 --------
 212 No clear information about used software. Some OS X versions might use Eudora
 213 Internet Messaging Suite (EIMS, http://www.eudora.com/eims/), some - Apple IMAP
 214 server, some - Cyrus.
 215
 216
 217 ---------------------
 218 Exchange IMAP service
 219 ---------------------
 220 IMAP server included in proprietary Exchange Server, Microsoft messaging and
 221 collaboration server.
 222
 223 Server does not support server side sorting.
 224
 225
 226 ----
 227 PMDF
 228 ----
 229 PMDF is a proprietary, high performance, standards-based Internet messaging
 230 product suite for Windows, OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, and Solaris.
 231
 232 Tested IMAP4rev1 Server PMDF V6.2-X29.1
 233 CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4REV1 NAMESPACE X-NON-HIERARCHICAL-RENAME AUTH=LOGIN
 234  AUTH=PLAIN
 235
 236 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)
 237
 238 NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL NIL
 239
 240 Supports TLS and SSL encryption, SASL CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5 authentication.
 241 Includes SIEVE (rfc3028) support.
 242
 243 Site URL: http://www.process.com/tcpip/pmdf.html
 244
 245 -----------------
 246 Merak IMAP server
 247 -----------------
 248 Proprietary IMAP server included in Merak Email Server Suite.
 249
 250 Tested 8.3.0.r and 8.3.1 beta.
 251
 252 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=PLAIN SORT
 253  THREAD-ORDEREDSUBJECT UIDPLUS QUOTA ACL NAMESPACE STARTTLS
 254
 255 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Seen \Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted)
 256
 257 NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL NIL
 258
 259 INBOX folder is lowercased. IMAP folder names are case insensitive. Possible
 260 issue with IMAP SORT extension.
 261
 262 -----
 263 TEST_5
 264
 265 Request:
 266 A005 UID SORT (DATE) ISO-8859-1 ALL
 267 Response:
 268 * UID SORT 1 2
 269 UID SORT Completed
 270 -----
 271 SquirrelMail expects '* SORT 1 2'
 272
 273 Site URL: http://www.icewarp.com
 274
 275
 276 --------------------
 277 MailSite IMAP server
 278 --------------------
 279 Commercial email server for Windows.
 280
 281 Tested 6.1.22.1 version.
 282
 283 CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 ACL NAMESPACE UIDPLUS AUTH=NTLM AUTH=SCRAM-MD5
 284  AUTH=CRAM-MD5
 285
 286 PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)
 287
 288 NAMESPACE (("" "/")) (("#shared/" "/")) NIL
 289
 290 FETCH response to UID STORE command violates RFC 3501.
 291
 292 Site URL: http://www.rockliffe.com/
 293
 294
 295 -----------------------------
 296 IMAP server ready H mproxyus4
 297 -----------------------------
 298 Unidentified IMAP server or IMAP proxy used by 1&1 Internet Inc.
 299 (http://www.1and1.com and http://www.1und1.de)
 300
 301 CAPABILITY CHILDREN ID IDLE IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ LOGIN-REFERRALS
 302  MAILBOX-REFERRALS NAMESPACE UIDPLUS QUOTA STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN
 303
 304 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user/26433