[imp] auth question

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Eric Jon Rostetter <eric.rostetter@physics.utexas.edu>:

> In my horde (1.2) setup I have now, I actually modified everything to 
> authenticate off the imap server.  IMP, Jonah, Horde, and other none-horde
> components I've tossed in the mix all authenticate via the IMAP server.
> I'd like to be able to keep this setup when I move to the new horde/imp
> software (and I will).  It would be nice if there was an easy way to do so,
> rather than my having to change code in the components.  Config file changes
> are always preferable to code changes.  Writing my own plug-in type module
> for a function is always preferable to code changes in the distributed
> software.  

Take a look at the Horde Auth system... it's done. There are just some details 
in sharing auth between apps like IMP and Gollem, which are very account-
specific, that need to be worked out.

-chuck

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Charles Hagenbuch, <chuck@horde.org>
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