Re: Re: Fwd: VPOPMAIL & DOVECOT & SMTP-AUTH
"Joe @ 3ZZZ" <[email protected]>
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Quoting Eric Shubert <[email protected]>: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> > > 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' > > > > > Looking over the docs, spamdyke looks perfect! I'm downloading and installing now. I love that I can try it without recompiling Qmail, and if there are any problems, simply switch right back to the current "no smtp-auth" setup by updating the run file. If it works, this is a much better solution than I hoped for! Thanks Eric. !DSPAM:4c8d8cf232712174529459!