Hello! I've tried to set up dovecot in conjuction with vpopmail, and running it under djb's tcpserver instead of (x)inetd. Btw - there was no reference to setting dovecot up using (x)inetd either in the manuals/faqs i read, though I didn't search all that hard. Anyway, back to my Q: vpopmail uses vchkpw as an authentication mechanism, and with tcpserver I can do relaycontrol (based on vchkpw) with roaming users. Is there anyone who have tried this, and succeeded? Right now I use two imap services to accomplish this (bincimap has support for vchkpw). Thank you for any response. - Lasse Danielsen Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, then beat you with experience.
"Lasse Danielsen" <lasse at danielsen.tk> writes:> vpopmail uses vchkpw as an authentication mechanism, and with tcpserver I > can do relaycontrol (based on vchkpw) with roaming users. Is there anyone > who have tried this, and succeeded? Right now I use two imap services to > accomplish this (bincimap has support for vchkpw).The proper way to authenticate roaming users is SMTP AUTH and not a botch like SMTP-after-POP/IMAP (which I assume you're trying to do as otherwise, the IMAP/POP3 server isn't concerned with relaying mail). SMTP AUTH works independently of Dovecot or BincIMAP. -- Matthias Andree Encrypt your mail: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95
On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 23:00, Lasse Danielsen wrote:> I've tried to set up dovecot in conjuction with vpopmail, and running it > under djb's tcpserver instead of (x)inetd. > > Btw - there was no reference to setting dovecot up using (x)inetd either in > the manuals/faqs i read, though I didn't search all that hard.Yes, manual isn't really written yet.. :)> Anyway, back to my Q: > > vpopmail uses vchkpw as an authentication mechanism, and with tcpserver I > can do relaycontrol (based on vchkpw) with roaming users. Is there anyone > who have tried this, and succeeded? Right now I use two imap services to > accomplish this (bincimap has support for vchkpw).I don't really know what vchkpw is supposed to do. Doesn't the vpopmail library call it? Would Dovecot need separate vchkpw support, not just the vpopmail library support?