That's the "gotcha"... if you set their gmail password to something they don't know, then your users can't use POP/IMAP. We thought about trying to develop a proxy, but our pilot was canceled before we could explore it further.
On Dec 5, 2007 11:20 AM, Eric Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking about building something similar for POP/IMAP access. > It shouldn't be too hard to modify Perdition ( > http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition) to verify the > user-supplied credentials, then look up the Google password in LDAP and use > that password for the proxied IMAP/POP session. I haven't actually done > anything with the idea -- but it seems like it would work. :) I hadn't > thought of doing that for compose window -- I'll look into it. Thanks! > -Eric > > > > On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Ryan Shelley wrote: > > We did this awhile ago, so I'm not sure it would still work, but when we > initially piloted our provisioning process, we created all accounts with a > unique password that we stored in their LDAP object. Then to compose an > email, we did a ClientLogin as the user with their credentials in LDAP and > sent them to the Compose URL. At the time, it worked great, but things may > have changed. It also requires that you set the user's password for their > gmail account to something they don't know, and use SSO to authenticate the > user. > > Ryan > > On Dec 5, 2007 6:40 AM, Eric Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It *almost* works. Since there's no way to access our Email directory > > from inside Gmail, I wrote a little gadget for the start page that > > authenticates the user and searches our LDAP directory. The user can > > build lists of To and CC recipients and then click "compose", which > > opens the Gmail compose window in a new browser. I found the URL to > > use for the compose link by looking through a GreaseMonkey script that > > modified mailto: links to use Gmail. > > > > It works great IF the student has already used Gmail during that login > > session. If they haven't used Gmail yet, they get sent to their INBOX > > instead of the compose window. Once Gmail sets it's session cookie, > > (GXAS_SEC) it works fine. If they close the window and hit the > > "compose" link again, the compose window pops up. The Gmail Gadget > > uses a different method to login, you actually get authenticated > > against the SSO if you don't have an active session, but I haven't > > found any documentation on how it was done or if it's possible to do > > something similar. > > > > -Eric > > > > > > On Dec 5, 2007, at 3:56 AM, Alex (Google) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 3. With the current version of Gmail, I do not think this is possible > > > (somebody correct me if it is). > > > > > > On Dec 4, 10:31 pm, " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > >> Hi, Alex > > >> > > >> 1. Is there any possibility to place my site urls in place of start > > >> page, documents,... which are placed at top of the email page of > > >> google apps... > > >> 2. And tell me how to add users dynamically when they are registering > > >> into my site... > > >> 3. And is there any possiblilty to access compose mail directly from > > >> my site.... > > >> 4.I'm getting server error to my mail address when i'm uploading > > >> users > > >> list of CVS file to users bulkdata upload in google apps control > > >> panel. And the error came to mail address is > > >> > > >> "1 accounts could not be updated due to a server error. > > >> We're sorry for the inconvenience. Please try again in a few minutes. > > >> If the problem continues, you should contact technical support: > > https://www.google.com/support/a > > >> > > >> Affected usernames: ramesh , " > > >> > > >> i sent a message to support team of google apps but after > > >> submitting a > > >> message it displays a below messge > > >> > > >> " Can't find an answer to your question? Drop by our Help Group. To > > >> report an issue, contact us. " > > >> > > >> i'm not getting frequent response from u alex please help me on this. > > >> And Please give > > >> me reply as soon as possible. > > >> > > >> Thank u > > >> Regards satya > > > > > > > > ######################################################### > > Eric Pierce, > > RHCE Phone: > > (813) 974-8868 > > Academic Computing > > Fax: (813) 974-1799 > > University of South Florida > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################### > Eric Pierce, RHCE > Phone: (813) 974-8868 > Academic Computing > Fax: (813) 974-1799 > University of South Florida > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Apps APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
