I'm probably reading this wrong, maybe it's wishful thinking but this
caught my eye...
1. Abstract
When dealing with large amounts of users and many IMAP4 [RFC-2060
<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2060>]
servers, it is often necessary to move users from one IMAP4 server
to another. For example, hardware failures or organizational
changes may dictate such a move.
Login referrals allow clients to transparently connect to an
alternate IMAP4 server, if their home IMAP4 server has changed.
A referral mechanism can provide efficiencies over the alternative
"proxy method", in which the local IMAP4 server contacts the remote
server on behalf of the client, and then transfers the data from the
remote server to itself, and then on to the client. The referral
mechanism's direct client connection to the remote server is often a
more efficient use of bandwidth, and does not require the local
server to impersonate the client when authenticating to the remote
server.
The capability string on imapd displays LOGIN-REFERRALS and the above
text got me wondering if it could be used instead of proxy software but
I couldn't find any mention in the docs txt files of how to use it. What
can this really do and how would I create list of referrals?
thanks,
David
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David Severance
Network and Academic Computing Services
(949) 824-7552
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