Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:59:09 -0400 From: Richard Coleman <rcoleman@criticalmagic.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Anton Blajev <ablajev@sofiasoftsolutions.com>, Jona Joachim <walkingshadow@grummel.net> Subject: Re: cyrus-sasl alternative? Message-ID: <200704041159.10517.rcoleman@criticalmagic.com> In-Reply-To: <4613AE91.80309@mikestammer.com> References: <461217B7.4000409@sofiasoftsolutions.com> <4613A818.20605@my.domain> <4613AE91.80309@mikestammer.com>
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On Wednesday 04 April 2007 09:56:33 am Eric wrote: > > If you also need a POP3/IMAP server you might want to take a look at > > Dovecot. I'm using Dovecot SASL. > > maybe i missed something, but whats wrong with the sasl2 port? isnt that > what most people are using already? I've used both Dovecot and Cyrsus sasl. I would say that Dovecot sasl is much easier to install than Cyrsu sasl. It is implemented as a daemon to which an application communicates via a domain socket rather than as a shared library (which is how Cyrus sasl is implemented). Because of this setup and due to the fact that the configuration is done in a single configuration file, it is more "self contained" from a design perspective. The downsides of Dovecot sasl are: 1) It is not available separately from the Dovecot IMAP/POP server (at the moment) so it makes the most sense for people that are already using Dovecot IMAP/POP. 2) Although Postfix can use Dovecot sasl, it can only use it for server side sasl (although this is not a problem for most sites). But they both work, and there are plenty of people using either one. Richard Coleman rcoleman@criticalmagic.com
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