Hi,

I'd like to install an IMAP server to access my local stored mailbox
files.

I don't need a new system/software/thing to get the mail from my mail
provider. I'm happy with the current installation.

I have different Mail accounts, all mails/accounts in different
directories. I have pine running to access these directories, this works
fine!

Now I don't want pine to access these files in the directories, I want
pine to access a IMAP server and the IMAP server to make the read/write
of the mailbox files.


I have downloaded UW IMAP, but was not able to access/read any mail with
pine. As I understand, one has to tell the IMAP server where to read the
mailbox files. I read in the documentation that it's possible to change
the functions (definitions) where to read the mailbox files. But there
I'm lost.

I tried some directories/files from my system and recompiled the server
but still wasn't able to read any mail.

Now I prefer to keep UW IMAP with it's default configuration and change
my Mailbox installation (as I know the internals of my mail system but
not the one from UW IMAP). But what is the 'standard' way to store mails
so that UW IMAP will be able to read it?

Is it possible to access different mail directories with mail from
different mail accounts as it is with pine reading the files and
directories directly?

Any appreciated, hints, documentation,
Andreas