Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:10:00 -0500 From: Dave Hummel <dnh@pce.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Starting a FreeBSD-related project Message-ID: <36FA51B5.64585780@pce.net>
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Hi, I'd like to create a FreeBSD mail application that would replace our current Netscape products (Messaging Server using ldap from Directory Server running on Solaris). This will be opensource with FreeBSD users in mind first. The plan now is to use sendmail, Cyprus, and openldap to create a basic ldap-enabled mail system which will eventually be wrapped with SSL (all with a spiffy interface of course). (Has this been done already?) I'm sure I can hack this together, but it would require more experience/knowledge than I have to make this a high-quality, portable piece of work rather than something that is half-assed and site-specific. Someone on this list expressed interest in software like this so I think this may actually benefit some folks. I'm building this out of necessity no matter what, but if anyone else is interested in working on such a project, please let me know. What needs to be done as I see it: What: Decide on a good overall model for the directory services provided by slapd, Create templates for such a model. Who: Someone experienced with handling email services for large sites or someone familiar with using ldap in general. What: Create Makefile/port of ldap-enabled Sendmail-8.93 using this model Who: Someone experienced with sendmail customization and creating ports What: ldapify Cyrus Who: Probably the main issue is familiarity with Cyrus's handling of users, mailboxes, etc. ldapification of these functions appears to be pretty straightforward. What: SSL-enable Cyrus imap, Cyrus pop, and imap Who: I see this as mainly a design issue because the actually coding shouldn't be too bad. Who else: Security auditors, nay-sayers and anyone with a suggestion. Thanks, Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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