Subject: Re: two questions: (a) which imapd? (b) sol or gso

From: Mark Crispin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 22:20:46 -0700

If you have gcc, use gso.  It's the best way to avoid the problems brought
on by SUN's compiler and BSD compatibility library.

As far as "which version of imapd to use":
	Pine's copy is the oldest.
	The one on ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z is the
	 newest.
	The Solstice Internet Mail Server version is based upon an older
	 version of the ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z one.

On 2 May 1996, Barry Cornelius wrote:

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> For the imapd binary on the Solaris 2.4+ platform, there seems to be a
> number of possibilities:
> (a) use "build sol"
> (b) use "build gso"
> (c) use the Solstice Internet Mail Server.  A beta version
>     of this is available free of charge from:
>         http://www.sun.com/solstice/Networking-products/sims/index.html
>     It is an IMAP4 binary that needs Solaris 2.4+.
> (d) compile the IMAP4 source available from http://www.washington.edu/imap
> 
> At Durham, the imapd binary for our production system has been produced by
> using "build sol" with 3.91.  With 3.92, I have used "build gso", but have
> not yet used the imapd that that produces.  Yesterday, I installed the
> Solstice Internet Mail Server (IMAP4) as the imapd on one of our
> experimental machines and it seems to be working OK with Pine 3.91.
> I have no experience of compiling the IMAP source that is available from
> http://www.washington.edu/imap.  Has anyone any idea about which is the
> better imapd to use?
> 
> With earlier versions of Pine, the build option "sol"  is the only one
> available for the Solaris 2.x platform.  With 3.92, both "gso" and "sol"
> are available.  Which is the better one to use for the pine and pico
> binaries?
> 
> Even partial answers or comments would be welcome.  Thanks.
> 
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From: [email-masked] (Ray Marshall)
Date: 2 May 1996 15:42:54 GMT

Barry Cornelius ([email-masked]) wrote:
: For the imapd binary on the Solaris 2.4+ platform, there seems to be a
: number of possibilities:
: (a) use "build sol"
: (b) use "build gso"
	<<<<<CHOMP>>>>>

Barry,

I'm running on Solaris 2.4 and had the same question.  As I understand it,
use "gso" if you have `gcc' (GNU C) installed, otherwise use "sol".  Since
I have gcc on my machine, I used "gso" and it built fine for me.

/  Ray
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