proposal: imap, imap-server, and imap-util

Elfyn McBratney elfyn-cygwin@exposure.org.uk
Tue Apr 29 17:47:00 GMT 2003


> Er, I guess I'm busted on that one :)  I built it without ssl and allowing
> plaintext passwords (SSLTYPE=none) because that's the way I'd been
building
> it for awhile (that's a sorry excuse I know).  I've been accessing my own
> server using ssl, but using a stunnel-like app that allows me to force
peer
> certificates as an obstacle to prevent intrusions.  Hmm, maybe I (or
someone
> else) could patch imap to use these features of openssl?
>
> Anyway, I will get another package out today with ssl turned back on,
> allowing plaintext passwords only in ssl (in other words, the default
> options in make).
>
> What do you think about providing the server binaries built with both
> options?  For instance, /usr/sbin/imapd would be the no-ssl binary and
> /usr/sbin/imapsd might be the ssl-enabled binary?

Isn't that what RedHat does eg., ipop3d (non-ssl) and ipop3ds (ssl)...Either
way I think it's a good idea.

Elfyn



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