[tpop3d-discuss] tpop3d domain stripping?

Chris Lightfoot chris at ex-parrot.com
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 08:45:24 +0000


On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:01:00PM -0600, Dom Gallagher wrote:
> At 21:53 3/14/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 03:45:53PM -0600, Dom Gallagher wrote:
    [...]
> >> We'd like to replace cucipop on a couple of machines, but have been using
> >> cucipop's 'feature' of ignoring domains for authentication.  Is there a
> >> 'strip_domain' or similar functionality that we could be using to
> >> automatically remove the domain before authenticating?  These users are
> >> authenticating from the system password file, and that isn't going to
> >> change.
    [....]
> Went one better; added strip-domain functionality (we REALLY need this to 
> be a  run-time option, not a compile-time one).  I've fully tested this on 
> Linux and Solaris with passwd+shadow auth, but not APOP (not exactly sure 
> what uses this, so not too bothered about offering the 
> functionality).  APOP support for strip-domain is coded in and doesn't give 
> warnings or anything, so I left it in (someone may want to test ;).
> 
> I'd really like this functionality to make it into the core tpop3d so I 
> don't hae to patch when a new version comes out, but I can't find any 
> reference to patch submissions.  I've got diffs against stock 1.3.5; where 
> should I post em?

Send them to me, or, if they're small enough, to the list.
I fear that the patch will have to be modified a bit to
work with 1.4.1, but I'll take a look when I have some
time (hopefully, next week...).

> Incidentally, your website mentions POP3Lite. Visiting their website is 
> informative:
> POP3Lite development stopped, it may or may not work, there's no guarantee.
> Gergely Nagy \ mhp/|8]

Hmm. Hadn't spotted that. The world seems to be filled
with pop3 servers, anyway....

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