Re: [HACKERS] postgresql authentification for popper

If you use Cyrus IMAPd (I use it on all my servers), you can use a PAM
module for authenticating...one server I'm just getting ready to put
online does /etc/passwd first, falls over to radiusd second and then
NT/smb third (need to cover alot of bases)...

Cyrus is also designed so that you don't need to have any users in your
/etc/passwd file...it was basically designed to be an ultra-secure, yet
feature-rich, mail server...

The newest version implements Sieve, for mail filter, which one of the
guyson the mailing list did up a great filter front-end too, so that you
can setup vacation/filters, again, without ever needing to have a user in
your /etc/passwd file ...



On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Olivier PRENANT wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I working on a project that will handle around 50000 mailboxes at least.
> 
> I have no problem with the system or sendmail. But I'm afraid that
> popper (either pop3 or imap) won't be able to authentificate users the
> standard way (/etc/passwd) does anyone knows if a version of imapd or
> ipop3d has been modified to allow postgresql authentification.
> 
> If not, could you give me some pointers.
> 
> Regards to you all
> -- 
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Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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