Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Bowie Bailey writes: >> >> Interesting. I verified that CRAM authentication was failing on both >> of my Courier systems. Disabling it made them both much more >> responsive. >> >> What additional requirements does CRAM have? I looked in the INSTALL >> document, the courier man page, and the esmtpd config file. None of >> them said anything other than that you have to use a compatible >> authentication method, which I am (authuserdb). > > It helps to actually understand how CRAM works. CRAM cannot use > encrypted passwords, so the system must be configured to use cleartext > passwords. Additionally, there's a special configuration procedure for > userdb. > > Courier-IMAP's INSTALL has a section entitled "CRAM-MD5 > authentication". This should also be present in Courier's INSTALL, but > it's not. That's an omission.
Unfortunately, it is not feasible to change all of the passwords on the server at this point, so I don't think we'll be able to set up CRAM authentication anytime soon. I read the Courier-IMAP INSTALL doc and it seems fairly straightforward. Perhaps a modified version should be added to the main Courier INSTALL. Also, should Courier ship with CRAM disabled as Courier-IMAP apparently does? Since CRAM requires some extra configuration to get going, one extra step to add it to ESMTPAUTH isn't unreasonable. It would also avoid problems like this for people (like me) who didn't set it up and don't realize that it will cause authentication delays. -- Bowie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
