Re: Which POP3 server to use? - clarification

[Doug Fields <dfields-list-debian@pexicom.com>]

Here is the big problem I'm facing:

The various POP daemons (qpopper, solid-pop3d, etc.) all use the getpwnam 
function to get information about the user.

My user "accounts" do not exist in the NSS/getpwnam environment. They only 
exist in a list of usernames/passwords and a list of files in a directory.

Hence, I need a POP daemon which ONLY uses PAM, and can have the mail 
storage directory specified.

qpopper explicitly says it needs pwnam entries in its FAQs. solid-pop3d 
needs it as well although I had to browse the source code to determine this 
dependency.

Any other ideas?

Many thanks,

Doug

At 01:17 AM 10/7/2001, CaT wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 01:04:00AM -0400, Doug Fields wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've been trying to decide which POP3 server to use.
> >
> > My requirements include:
> >
> > 1) Ability to use PAM for authentication, or have a simple way of 
> extending
> > the authentication to use a highly customized authentication scheme (for
> > which I will write a PAM module)
> > 2) Ability to have a special directory specified where the UNIX
> > mailbox-format files reside
> > 3) Uses standard UNIX mailbox-format files
>
> qpopper is your friend I believe. I use it with SSL to have a nice
> encrypted pop experience and it hasn't given me grief aswell.
>
> major downside to it: the docs are pdf but if you can get around that
> then you're sweet.
>
> it's very configurable and has not given me grief after about 7-8 months
> of use. be sure to get the latest version though (which I believe is 4.0.3).
>
> > In the past I have used the qpopper modified for 1 and 2 above. However, I
> > would like to use a more feature filled version (e.g., qpopper does not
> > have UIDL support).
>
> You mean this stuff?
>
> X-UIDL: p0P!!&X&"!p^(#!B,n"!