I have heard mentions of exim (unix mail server) talking to LDAP servers to
authenticate. LDAP works with SQL if you add users through either the
adduser.exe program or Imail administrator. It does not get updated
automatically if you add users direct into SQL.
Cheers
Steve
Steven Moore
Internet Development Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Langley
> Sent: 27 March 2001 15:42
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] SMTP AUTH w/external database !NO GOOD!
>
>
> I thought about that too. And rejected for the reason you specified.
> Having two different ways to login for clients would be a tech-supp
> nightmare. Not to mention that we would have to have different
> configuration CD's for each type of client. If ip's were free and
> readily available I would use them though.
>
> How much would it cost me to build an SMTP server from scratch
> that would do SMTP auth from SQL?
>
> Eric Langley
> networksystems.com
>
>
> > if you don't need LDAP then you could dual home your
> server, put all the
> > IMAIL domains on private IPs but have all public services
> going to the one
> > external IP. The only difference is that when you login
> into the external
> IP
> > you have to specify the full email address instead of the userid.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "M. Oestreicher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:00 PM
> > Subject: AW: [IMail Forum] SMTP AUTH w/external database !NO GOOD!
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > > Can't it? Just use an IP address with the domain. Not virtual. I
> > > > think this
> > > > will work.
> > >
> > > That's no alternative... You won't get 10.000 IP
> addresses from your
> > > ISP or even from RIPE/ARIN, just to run your mail server :)
> > >
> > > I don't understand the techninal background behind this
> limitation.
> > > ext. database works with SMTP, POP3, WebMsg, etc.... Why not in
> > > SMTP AUTH? Can someone from IPSwitch explain that to me? It would
> > > be great...
> > >
> > > bye
> > > Markus Oestreicher
> > >
> > >
> > >
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