[imp] Let's try that again

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Tobias Drewry <tdrewry at bu.edu>:

>>> Zitat von tdrewry at bu.edu:
>>>
>>> the Setup:
>>>
>>> Server (solaris)
>>> - Horde/IMP/Turba/Ingo CVS versions 3,4,2 and 1 accordingly.
>>>
>>> - Horde is configured with http authentication.
>>>
>>> - Imp is setup to use hordeauth and we only have single server configured.
>>>
>>> Over ethernet this works like a champ.
>>>
>>> the Problem:
>>>
>>> So, we have people dialing up and accessing Horde/IMP.  If this
>>> client is using
>>> IE, Netscape 7.x or even AOL's 'Web browers', there is no problem.  
>>> However,
>>> when
>>> a client access Horde/IMP via firefox or mozilla IMP fails to
>>> successfully grab
>>> the credentials.  The client is presented with the IMP login page 
>>> (very much
>>> not what is desired since it's not really configured to go anywhere) and a
>>> successful click of the browsers refresh key corrects the error and 
>>> displays
>>> the mail box correctly.
>>>
>>> the Question:
>>>
>>> Is this a resolvable issue from withing IMP? Or should I be pointing
>>> my concerns
>>> over to Mozilla and Firefox's people?
>
>> From: Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
>>
>> First of all, check with a newer Firefox version if this is not the most
>> recent one. If it still happens, compare the HTTP headers that the browsers
>> send when accessing IMP *after* doing the HTTP authentication.
>>
>> Jan.
>
> Alright, http headers this time ;)
>
> Successful:
>
> https://www.bu.edu/webmail/horde/?weblogin_random=1575b466b4f6446474977614142433b613a715
>
> REQUEST:
>
> GET /webmail/horde/?weblogin_random=1575b466b4f6446474977614142433b613a715

[snip]

> Also, sorry about the mix up yesterday with the headers vs "headers"  I was
> wondering what those would prove..

They would prove that there is no HTTP authentication involved at all.

Jan.

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