Courier-IMAPD problem with fam(d)

[David Kelly]

On Jul 19, 2005, at 6:36 AM, Kövesdán Gábor wrote:
>
> The mail/courier-imap port installs famd as a dependency, but You  
> have to manually configure and start it. Take a look at /usr/local/ 
> etc/fam.conf.

I don't see anything about starting there or in fam(1M) other than  
"if fam is started by inetd".

> Anyway, this is a deficiency in the new versions of courier-imap.  
> There isn't some kind of --without-fam configure options, the new  
> versions require fam.

/usr/ports/mail/courier-imap/Makefile says fam is disabled by default:

OPTIONS=        OPENSSL         "Build with OpenSSL  
support"                    on \
                 FAM             "Build in fam support for IDLE  
command"         off \
                 DRAC            "Build in DRAC  
support"                         off \
                 TRASHQUOTA      "Include deleted mails in the  
quota"            off \
                 GDBM            "Use gdbm db instead of system  
bdb"             off \
                 IPV6            "Build with IPv6  
support"                       on

I suspect but haven't been able to prove fam is somehow running, if  
only as a library linked to imapd. When Mail.app has "connection"  
problems its instantly disconnected but sometimes a few messages get  
thru. Sometimes a simple ssh to the FreeBSD machine, mutt to view the  
mailbox, close it with messages now tagged as old, is all it takes  
for Mail.app and courier-imap combination to be happy.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly at HiWAAY.net
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