Re: sendmail/qpopper with pam

[alex <alex@xxxxxxxx>]

Ok, so how can I authenticate users with sasl (for both smtp and pop)?

Ed Wilts wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 01:49:57PM +0200, Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
>  
>
> > > How can I use PAM (pam_userdb.so) with sendmail and qpopper
> > > to allow only users in database to send/receive mail?
> > >      
> > No. Sendmail only authenticates to allow / deny relaying, it does not 
> > check who can / may send email.
> >    
>
> Even if you can't use pam for this, there are sendmail hooks to control
> access.  We've written rules that check who is allowed to send Internet
> mail and who isn't.  Receiving mail is obviously easier - if the user
> doesn't exist, the mail will bounce.
>
> Dunno about qpopper - never used it.
>
>  





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