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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
