#----where to download----
#ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/imap-4.7c1.tar.Z

#----where to install----
imap=/usr/local/imap
c_client=/usr/local/imap/c_client

#----untar----
tar xzvf imap-4.7c1.tar.Z

#----install----
cd imap-4.7c
make slx

mkdir $imap
cp -f ipopd/ipop2d $imap
cp -f ipopd/ipop3d $imap
cp -f imapd/imapd $imap
cp -f mtest/mtest $imap

mkdir $c_client
mkdir $c_client/include
cp -R -f c-client/*.h $c_client/include
mkdir $c_client/lib
cp -R -f c-client/*.a $c_client/lib
ln -s $c_client/lib/c-client.a $c_client/lib/libc-client.a
mkdir $c_client/src
cp -R -f src/c-client/* $c_client/src

cd ..

#----free----
rm -rf imap-4.7c

#----configuration information----
echo "
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
please add following lines in /etc/profile
(
tip:you can create a file named /etc/profile.imap,and add these lines in this
file,finally add a line on the end of /etc/profile:
. /etc/profile.imap
):
PATH=""$""PATH:$imap
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=""$""CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:$c_client/include
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=""$""LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$c_client/lib
LIBRARY_PATH=""$""LIBRARY_PATH:$c_client/lib

export PATH CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH LIBRARY_PATH

please add or uncomment following lines in /etc/services:
pop2 109/tcp postoffice # POP version 2
pop2 109/udp
pop3 110/tcp # POP version 3
pop3 110/udp
imap2 143/tcp imap # Interim Mail Access Proto v2
imap2 143/udp imap

please add or uncomment following lines in /etc/inetd.conf:
pop2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd $imap/ipop2d
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd $imap/ipop3d
imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd $imap/imapd

now,you should logout and relogin as root,and type /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart

if you want your php support imap,please recompile php,add this configuration in
./configure:
--with-imap=$c_client
"