Re: Fwd: VPOPMAIL & DOVECOT & SMTP-AUTH

Joe @ 3ZZZ wrote:
> 
>>> On 09/10/2010 12:45 PM, Davis Sylvester wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am using Qmail and Dovecot for IMAP.  Prior to installing Dovecot we
>>>> only offered POP3 and SMTP services.
>>>> The issue I have run into is that after I installed Dovecot, IMAP runs
>>>> fine, but when my users go to send email they can't.
>>>
>>> This was just discussed on the list yesterday.  Dovecot caches user
>>> information in memory and does not support roaming users.  You will
>>> need to switch to SMTP authentication.
>>>
>>> POP-before-SMTP is *bad*.
>>>
>>>> Is there a simple resolution to resolve this issue?  I have looked at
>>>> SMTP-AUTH but not sure it will work with vpopmail.
>>>
>>> It works.  Just be sure that you have clear passwords enabled in
>>> vpopmail if you want to support CRAM-MD5 authentication.
> 
> 
> Quoting Davis Sylvester <[email protected]>:
> 
>> Matt what smtp-patch do u suggest!  Can u point me to a current howto?
> 
> 
> After reading http://www.fehcom.de/qmail/smtpauth.html this morning, I'm 
> hoping for a good answer to Davis' question as well.  Do you think the 
> guide at the bottom there is the way to go?
> 
> Is migrating to postfix (still with vpopmail) a viable / advisable 
> alternative?
> 
> thank you all very much,
> Joe
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I use qmail-toaster (http://qmailtoaster.com), which includes the 
following qmail patch:
Robert Sander - qmail-remote-auth
http://www.ornl.gov/lists/mailing-lists/qmail/2002/03/msg00091.html

You also might consider using spamdyke (http://spamdyke.org), which 
provides a vpopmail authentication mechanism (when configured 
appropriately). I highly recommend using spamdyke, whether you need it 
for authentication or not. It can stop 80+% of spam before even 
receiving (or scanning) it. It will lighten the (scanning) load on your 
server considerably.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'


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