On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 07:41:30PM -0400, Juan Miscaro wrote:

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> 2008/6/2 Jason Dixon :

> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 08:48:40PM +0000, Pollywog wrote:

> >> Is there a way to make Postfix and Courier IMAP authenticate using the same

> >> MySQL database?

> >

> > Yes, of course.  Don't bother with HOWTOs though, learn how the applications work and configure them accordingly.

>

> That's asking a lot.  Starting from a couple of how-to's and then

> learning is a more efficient way.  The danger, though, is to not

> bother learning if you manage to make the red light go on, if you know

> what I mean.

It's just as easy to learn offline.  You don't have to plug into the

internet to learn how mail operates.
> >  In my case, I use Courier's authdaemond with MySQL, and Cyrus SASL's support for

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> >  authenticating against authdaemond.

> >  I haven't read the link you posted, but just the idea of authenticating through PAM for

> >  mail service makes me want to puke.

>

> [...]

>

> I happen to do be doing exactly what you are but I don't understand

> the revulsion you harbour towards PAM in an email context.  Can you

> elaborate?

PAM is an over-engineered piece of bloatware.  Why would you want to

abstract authentication when the bits you're using (Postfix/SASL,

Courier) already have native mechanisms (SASL smtpd->authdaemond,

Courier authdaemond) for talking to your backend store (MySQL)?
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Jason Dixon

DixonGroup Consulting

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