From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 15 01:29:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8075716A4CE for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:29:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA18343D2F for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:29:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (c-66-41-157-209.mn.client2.attbi.com [66.41.157.209]) (authenticated bits=0)j0F1Sxgj001368; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:29:00 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) In-Reply-To: <41E863D6.6040009@mac.com> References: <41E863D6.6040009@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-1-743829983" Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Eric F Crist Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:29:25 -0600 To: Chuck Swiger X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.0.2 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on grog.secure-computing.net cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: this IMAP stuff is kicking my @$$... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:29:37 -0000 --Apple-Mail-1-743829983 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 --Apple-Mail-1-743829983 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkHocfUACgkQRAAY9knOW+ojmACdHMsmuxzIcH9onAK/VpbbRxoK oNgAn2Rg7kdYWINaXYmgcxA4S8HgxP7R =yNQG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-1-743829983--