David Nicol wrote: > On 5/10/05, Michael Holzt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I'm currently trying to hack TLS support for qpsmtpd. The idea is to use >>IO::Socket::TLS. I implemented a new starttls command, my current code is: > > why not use an stunnel proxy?
I, for one, being an enthusiastic qpsmtpd user, would much rather use a TLS enabled version of qpsmtpd than setup an stunnel proxy. Here's why: 1) I don't have to read through the stunnel docs and worry if I'm setting it up correctly, and correspondingly deal with additional libraries I have to configure/upgrade/maintain. 2) Although I've read an stunnel-qmail howto at http://www.suspectclass.com/~sgifford/stunnel-tlsproxy/smtp-tls.README , I'd much rather have something integrated into qpsmtpd that Just Works. 3) I'm enough of a hacker that I could get the stunnel proxy setup, but I've already got a fair amount of hackery in my existing setup with qpsmtpd/vpopmail/qmail/yadayada, and not having to setup Yet Another Service is a big sigh of relief. Some of these reasons may not make sense from a technical standpoint. But I know qpsmtpd, I'm comfortable with it, and I have enough going on that built in TLS support is something that sounds very appealing to me. - Fred
