On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Erik Kangas wrote:
1. use pam_mysql for authentication
2. put all the email for all user in 1 nice hashed directory tree that is
3. modify UW-IMAP to construct the location of a user's subtree within the
4. modify UW-IMAP to now allow any access to any files outside the
If you need me to elaborate on Rich Graves' reply, please let me know.
You don't really need to go as far as black box mode; but the docs/CONFIG
file should definitely be at the top of your reading list.
The real problem that you have to face is security. imapd uses the UNIX
filesystem to
Mark Crispin wrote:
I personally believe in 32-bit UNIX UIDs.
I just found out that Linux kernels 2.4+ are 32bit UID native, so that
solves much of the problem!
The only remaining issue is the fact that using an database-based
authenticator (as opposed to a password file) can be much faster
