[imp] Newbie, using SQL authentication

[Paul Taylor]

Sorry for any duplication, I posted my first message about 12 
hours ago and it has not appeared in the archive, I am therefore 
trying again.

Dear All,

Newbie in the process of evaluating Imp. 

I am sure that I am able to achieve what I want, but am confused 
on the correct  way to go about it. 

I currently have a new linux machine with the latest versions of 
MySQL, PHP,  Horde and Imp. I installed the recommended UW 
IMAP also. I have setup Horde  to use the Imp login and can login 
and use Imp correctly with a user setup in the  local /etc/passwd 
file. 

Now, what I would like to achieve is a setup where the individual 
user accounts,  password and so on are held in a MySQL table. 
This is because we will develop  other programs which will use 
this information also. As the authentication is  being handled by 
IMAP, I presume that the IMAP server would need the ability  to 
check an SQL table for the login and password; however I can not 
find this  functionality to be available in UW IMAP. 

I then decided to check out Cyrus IMAP which claims this 
functionality; however  the documentation for Horde / Imp says 
that UW IMAP is needed. It appears that  PHP can use Cyrus 
IMAP but the UW IMAP can not be used at the same time ! I  
have also seen in the Imp configuration files that Cyrus IMAP is a 
possibility
.   Should I replace UW with Cyrus IMAP ? Is it 
really IMAP authentication which I  need ? I am very confused. 

Could someone please explain the basic structure of what I need 
to get this  running ? 

Many thanks in advance for your replies. 

Cheers, 
Paul 
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