On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 11:07:04AM -0500, Jake Knobloch wrote:
> First thing that could help cut down noise on the list is an archive of
> old messages.  I would think there is one but I was not able to find it
> after some searching.

Go to http://www.google.com/
In the search box, enter "[EMAIL PROTECTED] archive"

The very first hit gives you a link to:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/

> Next, a message at compilation time is helpful,
> but easy to miss or forget about by the time authentication errors are
> discovered.  It is easy to assume that the problem is with sqwebmail
> since every other program authenticates flawlessly with vpopmail.  A
> simple "vpopmail must be upgraded" would be good, but my vpopmail has
> been upgraded and I'm still having issues.  Perhaps adding the message
> displayed at compilation time to the email sent to new list members
> would be best, along with a link to a list archive (if there is one).

A comprehensive FAQ would be good. Comprehensive documentation for the
entire application would be better.

I did put some notes on common authentication issues in
authlib/README.authdebug.html in the current dev snapshot:

<h3>I get intermittent authentication problems with vpopmail</h3>
<p>This is a known problem with vpopmail 5.2.1 and earlier. You need to
upgrade to 5.2.2 or later, and then recompile courier-imap/sqwebmail.
<br />
As a workaround, instead you can just recompile courier-imap/sqwebmail with
the flag "--without-authdaemon". However that's less efficient.
</p>

But if upgrading vpopmail didn't fix your problem (and you *did* remember to
recompile sqwebmail after recompiling vpopmail), then I'm not sure what your
problem is. Try sqwebmail-4.0.3.20040502 which has some authentication debug
functions in it.

Regards,

Brian.

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