IMAP: auth_http

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 09:16:11PM -0800, Grant wrote:

> nginx seems to require being pointed to an HTTP server for imap
> authentication.  Here's the protocol spec:
> 
> http://wiki.nginx.org/MailCoreModule#Authentication
> 
> Is the idea to program this server yourself or does a server like this
> already exist?

It's usually a script written individualy for a specific system.  
Some samples may be found on the wiki, e.g. here:

http://wiki.nginx.org/ImapAuthenticateWithApachePhpScript

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Maxim Dounin
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