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Translated mail modules into English.
author | Vladimir Homutov <vl@nginx.com> |
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date | Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:07:43 +0000 |
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Anton Yuzhaninov Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc. --> <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/module.dtd"> <module name="Module ngx_mail_imap_module" link="/en/docs/mail/ngx_mail_imap_module.html" lang="en" rev="1"> <section id="directives" name="Directives"> <directive name="imap_auth"> <syntax><value>method</value> ...</syntax> <default>plain</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Sets permitted methods of authentication for IMAP clients. Supported methods are: <list type="tag"> <tag-name><literal>login</literal></tag-name> <tag-desc> <link url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-murchison-sasl-login-00">AUTH=LOGIN</link> </tag-desc> <tag-name><literal>plain</literal></tag-name> <tag-desc> <link url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4616">AUTH=PLAIN</link> </tag-desc> <tag-name><literal>cram-md5</literal></tag-name> <tag-desc> <link url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2195">AUTH=CRAM-MD5</link>. In order for this method to work, the password must be stored unencrypted. </tag-desc> </list> </para> </directive> <directive name="imap_capabilities"> <syntax><value>extension</value> ...</syntax> <default>IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Allows to specify the <link url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501">IMAP protocol</link> extensions list to be passed to the client upon issuing the <literal>CAPABILITY</literal> command. Authentication methods specified in the <link id="imap_auth"/> and <link url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2595">STARTTLS</link> directives are automatically added to this list if the <link doc="ngx_mail_ssl_module.xml" id="starttls"/> directive is enabled. </para> <para> It makes sense to specify extensions supported by IMAP backends to which clients are proxied (if this extensions are related to commands used after the authentication, when nginx transparently proxies the client connection to the backend). </para> <para> The current list of standardized extensions is published at the <link url="http://www.iana.org/assignments/imap4-capabilities">www.iana.org</link>. </para> </directive> <directive name="imap_client_buffer"> <syntax><value>size</value></syntax> <default>4k|8k</default> <context>mail</context> <context>server</context> <para> Sets the IMAP commands read buffer size. By default, the buffer size is equal to one memory page. This is either 4K or 8K, depending on a platform. </para> </directive> </section> </module>