On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:04:32 -0700, Vincent Fox <vbfox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I want to do LMTP between an MX pool and Cyrus backends. > > The common way I read about doing this, is with a shared LMTP > account from MX pool to backends. So it becomes a postman sort > of account with the password in plaintext in various places and of > course transiting the network that way. > > Is there any way to do this with certs instead? > > If I set "allowplaintext: yes" for this purpose, well I've just > enabled it for general users also right? Which brings up a > whole 'nother set of issues. > > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but in this tutorial, this guy uses SASL auth with users inside a plain text file. I am sure you can use SSL, since there are options within the imapd.conf file for LMTP certs. Just scroll down to the Local Delivery section: http://linuxgazette.net/124/pfeiffer.html Hope this helps. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
