[PLUG] imap server that allows ssl certificate based authentication?
Martin A. Brown
martin at linux-ip.net
Tue Oct 27 00:39:41 UTC 2015
Tim and Michael,
> > Courier is v4.9.1 - it was chosen years ago and the decision has
> > not be revisited. Not that I'm adverse to doing so.
>
> I recently chose dovecot over courier and it has been working out
> pretty well. If it has integrated certificate support and isn't
> too hard to set up, that might be your best option. I considered
> doing that as well, but since my cell phone email client didn't
> support client certificates at the time, I never followed through.
So, you seem also to be using mutt with dovecot....
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
> > stunnel would work, I'll weigh it vs coercing imap server to fit my whim.
>
> In past projects I've always found stunnel to be confusing and buggy.
> There are several versions of it and the newer versions just seemed to
> confuse things more.
Noted. I, myself, haven't used it in a few years, but found it
fairly reliable and flexible when I did use it (though that was a
few years back).
> Recently I've switched to socat for similar features. It's far
> more of a swiss army knife, but also more intuitive for me.
Agreed! I love socat!
It does not support client SSL certificate handling, but it is a
wonderful and lightweight CLI and can also function in a pinch as a
capable, if modest server. I love that it can connect to just about
any kind of file or socket. So much more flexible than 'nc'.
> I've never looked into using it for IMAP access (and how you'd
> handle user identity info, or whatever) so it would be a DIY
> project of sorts, but it is worth looking into.
> > I now have a working system and the improvements will be incremental.
> >
> > FWIW - this all started when I wanted to run mutt from my laptop
> > instead of sshing to my server for email. In past trials I've
> > found Thunderbird to be slow and ugly and web mail options to be
> > cumbersome.
I can't necessarily corroborate on the sluggishness point, Michael,
but I also love console IMAP and mutt is my preferred MUA (even if
I'm using alpine at the moment).
> sshfs might be an option, though probably slow...
Another viable option for a single user....
-Martin
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