Re: ISP converting to automation with LDAP

Wietse Venema wrote:

>Jorey Bump:
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>>>I am not convinced that it is as diverse as the implementations end up.
>>>If each one of us is reinventing the wheel, you are going to get a lot
>>>of different looking wheels.
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>>Wietse is probably the best qualified to comment on this. I'd be
>>surprised if he added features to postfix just because he was bored and
>>had a lot of free time. :)
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>Actually, the problem changes over time, and so must the solution,
>so it is no surprise that different people solve it in different
>ways.
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>People who gripe about the absence of LDAP or SQL schemas need
>a tool that generates those databases for them. I thought there
>were a few steps into that direction on the Postfix add-on
>software web page.
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> Wietse
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I have found some good tools packaged up as Eclipse plug-ins which suits
my tastes very nicely.

What I would really like is your view/statement as to what is a
sufficient schema (LDAP or SQL) to support postfix and IMAP while
maintaining a general compatibility with Sasl and PAM for general system
administration.
I have found some structures that look pretty good from other people on
the web and I do not mind sharing whatever I have learned if anyone is
intereted.
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I know that this is not really in your focus but your opinion on this
would be highly valued. I suspect that you have fixed dozens or perhaps
hundreds of incorrect structures and improperly constructed queries as
they have shown up here.
I have already expressed my misgivings about the LDAP schemas that come
with OpenLDAP.
I can probably glean quite a bit about your opinion about a best
practice from the Postfix documentation and some of the advice given in
this forum.

Ron

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