Re: [Exim] Second stab at supporting Cyrus SASL's saslauthd

Matt Bernstein wrote:
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>>We haven't yet deployed Cyrus IMAP, so the testing was at most cursory.
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> I wouldn't say that! Cyrus SASL does not in any way depend on Cyrus IMAP,
> so if it works it works :)

Yes, but I prefer to test the whole config i'll be using once i'm certain
there are no obvious errors in components.

> I'll try to have a look at this in the next week or three, but in the
> longer term I might have a crack at writing a "sasl" authenticator (server
> only) for Exim, which would be able to advertise DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI etc.
> The SASL API looks quite straightforward, and the Exim's idea of an
> authentication conversation seems to fit quite neatly.
>
> Is anyone else looking at this?

Hmm. An overkill I'd say.

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