[Dovecot] Pop-before-smtp and MySQL?

[Odhiambo Washington]

Can you please detail the whole solution in black and white for
the archives?


* On 07/12/05 09:15 +0100, Matteo Garofano wrote:
> Thanks very much,
> It works !
> Now I can manage the swich from qpopper to dovecot and offer also the imap 
> service.
> I hope it helps somebody else.
> Bye
> Te0x
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lorens" <dovecot.fdop at tagged.lorens.org>
> To: <dovecot at dovecot.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Pop-before-smtp and MySQL?
> 
> 
> >On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 12:20:58PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> >>I don't know why that script had $3 there, Dovecot has never given any
> >>parameters to imap/pop3 processes. But the IP address exists in IP
> >>environment, so you can just remove the "IP=.." line from the script
> >>and it should work. I updated the wiki already.
> >
> >Never? Then I have some bizarre version compiled with an obscure
> >patch by someone else... my config is
> >
> >% protocol pop3 {
> >%   pop3_uidl_format = %f
> >%   mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/popbsmtp.log /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
> >% }
> >%
> >% protocol imap {
> >%   mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/popbsmtp.log /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
> >% }
> >
> >% # head -3 /usr/lib/dovecot/popbsmtp.log
> >% #!/bin/sh
> >%
> >% echo "Login parameters 1=$1, 2=$2, 3=$3, 4=$4, IP=$IP" >> 
> >/var/log/dovecot-t
> >
> >I added on IP just now, never thought it could be there already.
> >
> >% # tail -1 /var/log/dovecot-t
> >% Login parameters 1=/usr/lib/dovecot/imap, 2=[xxmyloginxx, 3=xxxmyIPxx], 
> >4=, IP=xxxmyIPxx
> >
> >So, yes, IP is already in the environment, cool, the IP= line in
> >my script was more or less useless (I add a pipe grep to avoid
> >inserting local-net IPs, but that's minor), but on the version
> >I have (1.0-stable, debian testing package 0.99.20050712-2), $2
> >and $3 do get there in *some* way . . .
> >
> >Good to see the problem solved in any case, and since removing
> >IP= would work on my version too, wiki is OK without further
> >modifications.
> >
> >HAND
> >

-Wash

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