Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:18:31 -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: <BFF0B072-669B-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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--Apple-Mail-2-746775868 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 Here's my final question: SquirrelMail config. I've got egroupware working flawlessly with IMAP-UW. I use my standard unix user/pass for mail retrieval. In SquirrelMail, I get an invalid user/pass error? What am I missing? Thanks. _______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson --Apple-Mail-2-746775868 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) iEYEARECAAYFAkHofXcACgkQRAAY9knOW+o2UACfXjP4QYlzDsocTvfR4rIP8euo uoQAnAy6M3Oyffa8DNLSGa4Q149kVaxt =WtPA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-2-746775868--
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