[TriLUG] Mail server

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 16:08, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> Where are we on the TRILUG mail server?  I'll gladly learn how to 
> install whatever mail prog if I
> don't have to look at freaking "out of memory" errors anymore.

Andy,

The problem isn't installing the mailserver, it's installing an
authentication system.  The default authentication system keeps
passwords in plaintext and requires the administrator to set
or change the passwords (users can't do it themselves).  As you
might imagine, this is an unacceptable situation.

So, I'm in the process of setting up ldap to use it as an authentication
system.  The good thing about that is that we'll be able to use the
same authentication system for both the mail server and the
unix shell accounts, *even though they're on completely 
separate machines*.  

Right now I'm at the point were I've installed cyrus sasl
(simple authentication and security layer) and I've installed
LDAP.  I'm in the process of configuring ldap and importing the
user data.  After that, I have to hook sasl to ldap (it's been
compiled for this to work) and then hook imap into sasl.

So, if there is anyone out there that's familiar with setting
up ldap to use with user passwords, please drop me a line.

Tanner
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