Timo Sirainen Explained

Timo Sirainen
Spouse:	Vilma Sirainen ^[1]
Employer:	Open-Xchange

Timo Sirainen, born 1979, is a Finnish programmer also known under the handles "cras" and "tss". Sirainen is the original author of the IRC-client Irssi and the POP/IMAP server Dovecot. Sirainen lives in Helsinki, Finland.

In 2006, Sirainen began studying biotechnology at the University of Tampere.

He was formerly working for Rackspace Email & Apps^[2] (formerly Mailtrust), where he continued the development of the Dovecot POP/IMAP server.

Since May 2011 he runs his own company offering commercial support for Dovecot. In March 2015, the companies Dovecot Oy and Open-Xchange SA announced a merger.^[3]

References

1. Web site: Timo Sirainen.
2. Web site: Creator of Dovecot Joins Mailtrust . Mailtrust's Blog . 2009-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100827004004/http://www.rackspace.com/apps/blog/2009/02/creator-of-dovecot-joins-mailtrust/ . 2010-08-27 .
3. Web site: Open-Xchange and Dovecot announce merger to create world's leading open source messaging software provider. 18 June 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150612013422/http://www.open-xchange.com/announcements/18. 12 June 2015.