Problems setting up and properly compiling imap-uw.

[Mikhail Goriachev]

Steven Lake wrote:
>> You're forgetting to assign values to your variables.
>>
>>
>> # make -E WITHOUT_SSL=yes
>>
>> or
>>
>> # make -E WITH_SSL_AND_PLAINTEXT=yes
> 
>          Ok, tried that and I got this at compile time:
> 
> [root at mail imap-uw]# make -E WITH_SSL_AND_PLAINTEXT=yes
>   ===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
>   ===>  Extracting for imap-uw-2004g_1,1
>   => MD5 Checksum OK for imap-2004g.tar.Z.
>   => SHA256 Checksum OK for imap-2004g.tar.Z.
>   ===>  Patching for imap-uw-2004g_1,1
>   ===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for imap-uw-2004g_1,1
>   ===>   imap-uw-2004g_1,1 depends on shared library: c-client4.8 - found
>   ===>  Configuring for imap-uw-2004g_1,1
>   ===>  Building for imap-uw-2004g_1,1
>   Your imap-uw port matches the version of your cclient port. Fine.
>   SSL check passed. We want SSL support, and cclient has it. Good.
>   make sslunix.nopwd
>   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   + Building in full compliance with RFC 3501 security
>   + requirements:
>   ++ TLS/SSL encryption is supported
>   ++ Unencrypted plaintext passwords are prohibited
>   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Followed below here by the typical compile stuff.
> 
> When I run the config test script I still get this error:
> 
>   ERROR: Your server doesn't allow plaintext logins. Try enabling another 
> authentication mechanism like CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5 or TLS-encryption in the 
> SquirrelMail configuration.
> 
> Am I still missing something, or didn't the compile go right?


My memory is a bit rusty, but you also have to (re)compile cclient[1]
with the same knob.

If I may ask, out of curiosity. Why imap-uw and not something else that
supports maildir format instead of mbox? For instance, courier-imap or
dovecot are far better options.


Cheers,
Mikhail.


[1] - /usr/ports/mail/cclient


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