[OGo-Users] IMAP setup

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> I've setup my OGo installation and  I have the webui running and
> everything.  I'm trying to test how the functionality works out.  I've
> set up the webui to check my POP email account and I am able to check
> my email through Webui's webmail interface.

OGo is not POP/IMAP server;  it requires an IMAP server.  So I don't
know what "set up the web ui to check my POP email account" means?

> My question is, how do I set up the OGo to work through IMAP so I can
> use an email client to check my email, not the webmail?  Is this
> possible?  I use Thunderbird so it should be easy, right?

Yes, absolutely.  That is the 'default' configuration.  You can access
mail from any IMAP client,  OGo is an IMAP client.

> My setup is CentOS 3.9.  I don't know what the IMAP server on it is,
> but I know it' s not Cyrus.  Please help, somebody!!

You need to know the IMAP server settings to configure either
Thunderbird or OGo.  You administrator/provider should be able to give
you this information.  Otherwise a very useful setup is to run your own
instance of Cyrus and have fetchmail POP mail from your ISP (or other
accounts) and deliver to your local MTA to be stored in Cyrus.  This
gives you virtual IMAP access.  Setting up a basic Cyrus & fetchmail
account is very easy and at least in openSUSE pretty much an entirely
GUI (Yast) task.