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imapauth
This module is a part of ZNC. This module is shipped with ZNC by default. If you have the right "LoadMod" you can activate it with /znc LoadMod imapauth The code for this module can be found here. This module is part of ZNC since Version 1.0 |
This module is intended for admins who run a shell/web/email/etc server and want to provide ZNC access to their existing users. By using this module, when your users login to ZNC - either with their IRC client or via the webadmin module - their password will be checked against your IMAP server instead of the ZNC config file.
Usage
Arguments
This global module takes up to three arguments. The arguments can be [server] [[+]port] [UserFormatString]
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Read loading modules to learn more about loading modules.
If you want to set the arguments manually use this as reference:
Server
: should be self explanatory. It is the IMAP server to connect to when trying to authenticate an incoming user.Port
: is the port that your IMAP server listens on. Use a + before the port to connect using SSL.UserFormatString
: will format the incoming username.- You use a % to represent the username like so.. %@foo.com - This will send fred@foo.com to your imap server when a user tries to authenticate as the user fred.
- You can force the user to supply the full email address leaving this string blank or supplying just % by itself.
If any arguments are left blank the following defaults will be used:
Server
: localhostPort
: 143 (non-SSL)UserFormatString
: Empty
Note: SSL must be enabled when you want the module to connect to the IMAP server using SSL.