[horde] whups: There was an error listing users: Listing of users is not supported.

[ANANT S ATHAVALE]

----- Message from Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> ---------
    Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 14:31:48 +0200
    From: Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
Subject: Re: [horde] whups: There was an error listing users: Listing  
of users is not supported.
      To: horde at lists.horde.org


> Zitat von Arjen de Korte <arjen+horde at de-korte.org>:
>
>> Citeren ANANT S ATHAVALE <asa at isac.gov.in>:
>>
>>> I got this doubt due to 2 reasons.
>>>
>>> 1. Listing of users with same IMAP server and same backends  
>>> configuration works in HGWE 5.1.4, but not working in HGWE 5.2.6.
>>
>> The IMAP backend has not (and will never) support listing users,  
>> because the IMAP protocol doesn't support this. It can't be done.  
>> That you're seeing a list of users, is either because your browser  
>> is caching previous input and showing that, or you used a different  
>> backend for whups before.
>
> This is not correct. IMP supports listing of users via IMAP by  
> listing the user namespace's sub-mailboxes while logged in as an  
> administrative user. This is supported at least by Cyrus.

I am using Cyrus-IMAP cyrus-imapd-2.4.17 on RHEL 6.

>
>>> 2. The new message added in backends.php of IMP (HGWE 5.2.6)
>>>   // Plaintext logins are disabled by default on IMAP servers (see RFC 3501
>>>   // [6.2.3]), so TLS is the only guaranteed authentication available by
>>>   // default.
>>>
>>> Based on the above 2 factors, I thought enabling TLS may solve the  
>>> problem of listing users. But, this is not the solution, how do I  
>>> move forward.  Login through IMP with IMAP is working fine,  
>>> anything else, if I change, I may be in problem.  Suggestions  
>>> please.
>>
>> If you can't switch to another authentication backend, stop looking  
>> for answers. It can't be done (as you've been told before). If  
>> listing users is important for you, ask how to change to an  
>> authentication backend that supports this with minimal impact to  
>> your users instead.
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