Perhaps take a look at how I do it I have a guide online at http://www.pipeline.com.au/staff/mbowe/isp/webmail-server.htm#COURIER_IMAP
Michael. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:52 AM Subject: RE: [vchkpw] Courier IMAP & vchkpw problem > Yes, I did compile with these flags but I noticed that it still uses the > authdaemon. If I am not using the authdaemon, what do I type to run the > Courier IMAP daemon? I thought that starting the imapd daemon would work but > it seemed to start up authdaemon. Have I missed something fundamental here? > > The Courier documentation tells me to type: > /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authdaemond start > > If I try > /usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authvchlpw start > > I get the error AUTHFAILURE > > Appreciate your help. > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Bowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Courier IMAP & vchkpw problem > > > make sure you compile courier using > > --without-authdaemon --with-authvchkpw > > Michael. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:33 AM > Subject: [vchkpw] Courier IMAP & vchkpw problem > > > > Hi, > > > > I was happily using vpopmail 5.2.1 and qmailadmin. Everything was fine. > > > > However, our clients demanded some form of webmail access, so after trying > a > > few packages, I settled for SquirrelMail (PHP pages that we could set to > our > > needs). SquirrelMail requires an IMAP server for authentication and > > Courier-IMAP seems to be the fastest around and recommended by most > groups. > > > > Everything worked wonderfully EXCEPT for the fact that you could only > > authenticate about 3 times before getting a username/password unknown > error. > > If I restart the Courier authentication daemon it works for another 3 > times. > > I even tried setting up a cron job to run a script as root that restarts > the > > Courier authentication daemon every minute. > > > > The Courier IMAP list was the first place I searched for help but they > were > > adamant that the problem is with vchkpw and that I should upgrade to > version > > 5.3.20. I have done this but still have the same problem. > > > > Any suggestions? Has anyone else had this problem? > > > > > > > > > > >
