This one time, at band camp, Tom Allison said: > Set-up: > Postfix > Procmail > uw-imap / popssl > > 1) For procmail to work eith user specific filters I assume I > need to create each user a ~/ directory but do not require them to > have /etc/passwd entries. True? > > 2) I can configure imap to work on cram-MD5 file formats. Can I > do the same for pop-ssl? Where do I find this info. Currently > it's configured as PAM and I don't know anything about that. > > 3) Can I configure postfix to take authentication as well? > cram-md5 file formats? This I really don't know much about. I don't know - I know that exim does, and I am sure postfix can, as it is _almost_ as full featured (/dons flame suit). > The object here really is to be able to develop a server that can > have imap/pop clients for mail receipt and delivery without all > the clients having a user-account. > How? It sound slike you're looking for LDAP or some other authentication method besides a standard POSIX account. I suggest LDAP because it is specifically designed for this (and things like it). You can set up exim (and postfix I hear, although I haven't used it) to authenticate from LDAP. Most of the good IMAP/POP servers can without a problem. If you want a quick and dirty method, you can also change all user shells to /bin/false in /etc/passwd. This works, but using the tools designed for the job you're trying to do seems to make more sense. HTH, Steve -- "Our reruns are better than theirs." -- Nick at Nite
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