So many questions!
burrett wrote:
>
> Roger Arnold wrote:
>
> I have now successfully installed "vpopmail" thanks to Ken releasing
> version 4.10.17 it compiled and installed like a charm and
> "clearopensmtp" worked flawlessly, thankyou Ken.
4.10 is getting there.
>
> I would now be gratefull if someone can clarify the authentication
> method used by vpopmail as it's got me stumpped, and I need to now
> install "Courier Imap" and "Squirrelmail".
For courier-imap use user@domain, probably the same with squirrelMail
>
> I installed vpopmail with "roaming-users" and with "mysql" but not with
> replication, however on looking through the /home/vpopmail/domains
> directory I noticed that "sqwebmail-pass" was in the Maildir's. Does
> this mean that I am using "Sqwebmail's" password type authentication?
I am not sure if sqwebmail has changed in the 2.1 release but as of
the 2.0.1 release if you have --enable-webpass=vchkpw then sqwebmail
will check for a sqwebmail-pass file. So we put some code in
vpopmail to keep this file consistant with the vpopmail authentication
data.
> If so, how will that effect me setting up and using "Squirrelmail" and
> "Courier-Imap" for webmail?
I doubt squirrelMail knows or cares about sqwebmail's password file.
And I don't think courier-imap does either, but I haven't audited
the code.
How does squiremail authenticate? Does it use imap or pop or function
calls?
> Will it force me to use "Sqwebmail" instead?
Nope.
> How can I change the authentication used by "vpopmail" to something more
> universal that would suit "Squirrelmail and Courier-Imap"?
Courier-imap has a vpopmail authentication module.It shares the
same code base with sqwebmail.
> Lastly, has anyone setup a combination such as [Qmail - Vpopmail -
> Courier-Imap - Squirrelmail] and possibly Qmailadmin successfully, that
> could give me a few pointers please?
I have done qmail/vpopmail/courier-imap many times.
After quickly reading over the squirrelmail web page it looks like
it uses IMAP and smtp to do all it's work. So as long as you can
authenticate with imap you should be able to get squirrelmail to
work. Here are the configure options that work for me with
courier-imap for vpopmail:
./configure --without-authuserdb --without-authpam \
--without-authpwd --without-authshadow --without-authldap \
--with-authvchkpw --enable-workarounds-for-imap-client-bugs
I've tested it with courier-imap-1.2.3-1.tar.gz
Ken Jones
