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Hi,

I'm using exim together with courier-imap with the following
information hosted in OpenLDAP (using a custom schema):

- Local domains (query for mail attribute "postmaster@domain")
- Aliases (query for mail attribute)
- Custom autoreplies (using self-defined attributes)
- Forwards with and without copy to original recipient (also using
self-defined attributes)
- Local users (query for the existence of the maildir location of an uid)
- Quota support (query for the quota of an uid and use it with
deliverquota from courier)

I didn't need SMTP AUTH yet, but that should be one of the easier things
to do.

I wrote a little web-interface based on PHP and JavaScript to manage all
of this (admin and user), but it's still buggy.

To put it in a nutshell: you can use LDAP for all the things you
mentioned. Take a closer look on chapter 9.9ff of the exim specification
and try to get the information out of LDAP for every router.

E.g.:
domainlist local_domains = @${lookup ldapm{\
ldap:///ou=Users,ou=Accounts,o=Example?uid?sub?\
(&(objectClass=mailAccount)(mail=postmaster@$domain))\
} { : $domain}{}}

Good luck!

Regards,
Daniel

> I'm looking for documentation on how to configure Exim with LDAP,
> and I can't seem to find decent information.
>
> Specifically, what I want to know how to do is the following:
> - use LDAP for aliasing and address verification
> - use LDAP for SMTP AUTH
> - use LDAP for forwarding and vacation messages
>
> Basically, I want to use LDAP for everything. But I can't
> find specific information (or even general information, in
> some cases) on how to set up the config file to do this.
>
> Being new to Exim, I'm having quite a bit of trouble with it.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> David L. Harfst Computerized Medical Systems
> Senior Systems Engineer St. Louis, Missouri
> mailto:harfst@c... http://www.cms-stl.com

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On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:34:08AM -0500, David L. Harfst wrote:

| I'm looking for documentation on how to configure Exim with LDAP,
| and I can't seem to find decent information.
|
| Specifically, what I want to know how to do is the following:

| - use LDAP for SMTP AUTH

I now know how to make this work, via 'ldapauth' and via PAM. See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200206/msg03782.html
for info.

| - use LDAP for aliasing and address verification
| - use LDAP for forwarding and vacation messages
|
| Basically, I want to use LDAP for everything.

I want to do this at work too.

| But I can't find specific information (or even general information,
| in some cases) on how to set up the config file to do this.
|
| Being new to Exim, I'm having quite a bit of trouble with it.
|
| Can someone point me in the right direction?

The spec has some details on how LDAP works in exim. The spec doesn't
say a whole lot about LDAP because LDAP is "just another" lookup type.
You can use it anywhere a lookup is allowed.

One way to start out is with the 'eximconfig' script in the debian
package. It will generate a config file (for 3.xx) that follows one
of 4 common patterns of usage. It gives you a start from which you
can work with. Philip's release also comes with a sample config file.
Start with one of those and have the spec handy to read through a few
times.

HTH,
-D

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turning a man from the snares of death.
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