On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Bill Shupp wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 4, 2001, at 01:04 PM, Pasi K�rkk�inen wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm planning to try qmail+vpopmail, and there's something I'd like to
> > know
> > prior installing them..
> >
> >
> > 1) I'd like to have all user information on ldap-directory (for
> > address-books and stuff). Should I tell vpopmail to use ldap for
> > storing
> > users/passwords and for authentication?
> > Or should I use mysql instead and tell openldap to read data for ldap
> > from mysql? (I don't know if this is even possible:)
>
>
> I don't know if this will work either, but I can tell you that the mysql
> module has much more support than the ldap module in vpopmail.
>
OK. I also noticed this when reading the docs etc.
Anyone here using ldap with vpopmail?
>
> > 2) "Supports authenticated relay control of your qmail smtp server."
> > This
> > is from the feature-page of vpopmail. Does this mean that
> > vpopmail edits tcp.smtp when pop/imap-connection starts? Doesn't this
> > belong for imap/pop-daemon? if yes, does courier-imapd/pop3d support
> > this?
>
> libvpopmail actually does this, which is available to vchkpw (pop) and
> authvchkpw (courier-imap, maybe courier's pop3d)
>
Do people usually use courier's pop3d?
> > 3) How should I set up the authentication for courier-imapd/pop3d ?
> > Authenticate directly from ldap or mysql, or via vpopmail?
>
> Vpopmail will be the easiest. If you need roaming users by imap,
> configure courier-imap with --without-authdaemon.
>
OK.
>
> > 4) Is there smtp-auth (+ssl?) package available for qmail which is
> > compatible with vpopmail (mysql? ldap?)?
>
> Search the archives for info about doing this with tcpserver/vchkpw.
> Or, you might experiment with courier-pop3d. It can authenticate with
> authvchkpw and so ssl out of the box, but you'll lose a lot of vchkpw's
> features. But roaming should work.
>
I meant auth-support for SMTP. and ssl for it..
> > 5) "use Matt Simersons tcpserver-mysql patch". Is this recommended?
>
> If you use mysql and tcpserver and want roaming users, it's a more
> efficient method.
>
> > Is it
> > possible to get this kind of patch for ldap? Does the recompiling of
> > tcp.smtp.cdb take much more cpu compared to mysql/ldap-thingy? Is
> > recompilation of tcp.smtp.cdb required for _all_
> > pop/imap-connections?
>
> Yes. If you use vchkpw or authvchkpw, the open_relay() function will do
> this for you.
>
OK.
- Pasi K�rkk�inen
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