[CentOS] pop before smtp

Andrew Turnbull abturnbull at gmail.com
Mon Aug 29 17:04:44 UTC 2005


Hi

Try this howto, its worked for me lots of times.

http://genco.gen.tc/postfix_virtual.php

Thanks

On 29/08/05, Alan Hodgson <ahodgson at simkin.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:50:08AM -0700, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> > Alan Hodgson <ahodgson at simkin.ca> wrote:
> > > Sadly, SMTP auth on Postfix _feels_ like an even bigger
> > > hack, due to the joy that is SASL.  It does work well once
> > > you get it setup, but man it's a pain.
> >
> > Actually it's not.  It's a proper way to do it.
> >
> > Most people think SASL is a PITA.  But most of the pain is
> > standard procedure for public key authentication.
> >
> 
> Multiple versions, obtuse interaction with PAM, permissions issues, multiple
> ways of using SASL (authdaemon or not) all make it much more difficult than it
> needs to be, IMO.  And I've never set it up with the advanced methods, only
> LOGIN and PLAIN, which I imagine most people would want it to work with to
> be compatible with their POP/IMAP passwords (over SSL only, of course).
> 
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