BSD Portswip/courier-imap 5.0.7nb1 NetBSD
IMAP server for access to maildir-style mailboxes
- System
- NetBSD
- Repository
- pkgsrc-wip
- Maintainer
- [email protected]
- Categories
- wip, mail
Description
Courier-IMAP is a server that provides IMAP access to maildirs. This IMAP server does NOT handle traditional mailbox files (/var/spool/mail, and derivatives), it was written for the specific purpose of providing IMAP access to maildirs.
"Maildir" is a directory-based mail storage format originally introduced in the Qmail mail server, and adopted as an alternative mail storage format by both Exim and Postfix. Courier-IMAP is popular on Qmail/Exim/Postfix sites that are configured to use maildirs. The primary advantage of maildirs is that multiple applications can access the same maildir simultaneously without requiring any kind of locking whatsoever. It is a faster and more efficient way to store mail. It works particularly well over NFS, which has a long history of locking-related woes.
This package differs from a vanilla Courier-IMAP installation in that the files are installed at locations that more closely correspond to a Courier installation.
In the other systems
The newest version among them is 6.0.7, as upstream numbers it.
| System | Port | Version | Vulnerabilities | Status | Maintainer | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetBSD | wip/courier-imap | 5.0.7nb1 behind since 2026-07-13 | none known | - | [email protected] | - |
| FreeBSD | mail/courier-imap by name | 6.0.7,2 newest | none known | - | [email protected] | 2026-10-01 |
| OpenBSD | mail/courier-imap by name | 5.2.10p1 behind since 2026-07-13 | no data | - | Giovanni Bechis <[email protected]> | - |
| DragonFly | mail/courier-imap by name | 5.2.10_1,2 behind since 2026-07-13 | none known | - | [email protected] | - |
| MidnightBSD | mail/courier-imap by name | 6.0.6,2 behind since 2026-10-01 | no data | - | [email protected] | 2026-08-09 |
| HardenedBSD | mail/courier-imap by name | 6.0.6_1,2 behind since 2026-10-01 | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
| GhostBSD | mail/courier-imap by name | 6.0.6_1,2 behind since 2026-10-01 | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
Install
From pkgsrc-wip (no binary package):
cd /usr/pkgsrc/wip/courier-imap && make install cleanDependency graph
Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.
Dependencies
Run dependencies 5
No port depends on this one.