Dovecot alternatives with good i18n support?
Hello!
I’m interested in exploring alternative IMAP servers that have good support for internationalised email, such as support for SMTPUTF8, IDN mail domains, Unicode local-part, etc. etc.
If you used to use Dovecot, and found an alternative that does such things well, I would very much like to hear it.
Thank you,
-- David
On 11/22/20 6:59 AM, David Bürgin wrote:
Hello!
I’m interested in exploring alternative IMAP servers that have good
support for internationalised email, such as support for SMTPUTF8, IDN
mail domains, Unicode local-part, etc. etc.
If you used to use Dovecot, and found an alternative that does such
things well, I would very much like to hear it.
"good support" is a rather fuzzy qualifier. in general, it's sketchy. here's a comparison list / sort on "IDN/UTF8",
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers
Many of those^ are 'integrated mail servers' -- whether their IMAP backends can be split off and do/don't support I18N, dunno.
What dovecot does/doesn't have planned, I dunno either; no bug tracker to peruse, and digging through this list is not really helpful. I've not yet seen a stmt of support for https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6855.txt
mail I18N's not a frequent need in my world (OTOH, for content search, it is); where I _do_ have the stringent requirement, for just a couple of very large installs, CommunigatePro runs. Runs well, but comes with significant costs.
You might also take a look at Jakarta Mail (formerly JavaMail)
Its IMAP
https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/mail/docs/api/com/sun/mail/imap/package-summa...
claims support for rfc6855.
PGNet Dev:
On 11/22/20 6:59 AM, David Bürgin wrote:
I’m interested in exploring alternative IMAP servers that have good support for internationalised email, such as support for SMTPUTF8, IDN mail domains, Unicode local-part, etc. etc.
If you used to use Dovecot, and found an alternative that does such things well, I would very much like to hear it.
"good support" is a rather fuzzy qualifier. in general, it's sketchy. here's a comparison list / sort on "IDN/UTF8",
Thank you for the pointers.
I’m only a casual user. I wanted to begin experimenting with internationalised email envelopes, but I now realise that support is poor and interest is low throughout the email universe.
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