Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:29:25 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: this IMAP stuff is kicking my @$$... Message-ID: <E40E4475-6694-11D9-8A15-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <41E863D6.6040009@mac.com> References: <AE4D9B56-6683-11D9-8BD4-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> <41E863D6.6040009@mac.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Jan 14, 2005, at 6:29 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Eric F Crist wrote: > [ ... ] >> What I need is a slightly different setup for my users. As I >> mentioned in an earlier email, I want to install an IMAP server. >> From what I've gleaned from various sources, I need to change from >> mbox format to maildir. Is this correct? > > No, there exist IMAP servers which work just fine with the classic > mbox format. Take a look at /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw in particular. > >> Also, I've come to the understanding that IMAP uses a totally >> different >> internal MTA, and thus a different user database? > > Many IMAP servers support external databases for holding users instead > of, or in addition to, the standard Unix user accounts. Some use SASL > (Cyrus), some use database access via MySQL or some such (Dovecot, > Courier, others?). > >> Can someone point me in the right direction? I've kinda got >> courier-imap installed from ports, but I can't log in. First off, >> how can I configure courier-imap to use the system accounts? If I >> can get this, I can probably work through the SSL/TLS for IMAP, >> amongst other things. > > If you're having configuration issues with Courier, drop back ten > yards and punt by trying the UW IMAP server. It has zero runtime > configuration options, so it basicly can't be misconfigured. (Well, > compile-time options can affect things, but the port will do the right > thing for FreeBSD.) > > On the positive side, UW IMAP was written by Mark Crispin, who was one > of the authors of the IMAP protocol. On the minus side, the security > history of the UW-IMAP software and the associated MUA pine is > somewhat grim-- perhaps best compared to the security woes of > sendmail. > > -- > -Chuck Chuck, Thanks a lot for that advice! I installed imap-uw, configured a couple things, and stuff just seems to work now! I'm still having some problems with imaps, but I can tweak that. I think I'm going to restrict imap to either the web interface, or via VPN only, so imaps does me little good at this point. Thanks a lot for your continued advice! _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkHocfUACgkQRAAY9knOW+ojmACdHMsmuxzIcH9onAK/VpbbRxoK oNgAn2Rg7kdYWINaXYmgcxA4S8HgxP7R =yNQG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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