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Artaxerxes SOAP Daemon Amin Astaneh ([email protected]) July 2011 The original Xerxes project (http://xerxes.qwik.net/) filled the needs of web-based email administration using open-source tools, however there were several shortcomings in its design: 1) No separation between business logic and presentation 2) Used a PHP-based IMAP library that had past issues with interfacing with Cyrus-IMAP 3) Had insufficient logic to determine that mailbox and database entries are in-sync 4) Used older PHP conventions and packages Therefore, for a long time I have considered a rewrite. My greatest reservation about that was that I have limited time to work on it since I left Qwik.net several years ago. Also, Google Apps. They already provide email services for a domain name for free. However, for those admins that are unable to use Google or prefer to privately host email, I have come up with a solution: Artaxerxes manipulates Cyrus mailboxes and maintains a MySQL database just as the original Xerxes did. The only difference is that being a SOAP daemon, Artaxerxes simply provides an API. There is no presentation or UI whatsoever, allowing others to write frontends in any language/platform/purpose they see fit. Artaxerxes Details: * Written in Perl. This was done in order to leverage the native Cyradm Perl libraries to make manipulating mailboxes rock-solid. * The database schema has been redesigned for simplicity. This allows features to be added to Artaxerxes with minimal pain. What's Here Now: * A basic CGI script that allows creation/deletion of mail domains and users. * Stores password hashes in MD5. Yes, the cool kids say bcrypt. PAM-MySQL doesn't support bcrypt. It's better than plain, OK? * Uses Apache for SSL and authentication to the SOAP service. * An example set of client scripts in Perl to demonstrate current functionality. What's still needed: * Need to implement functions to support mail forwards * Need to implement functions to manipulate user/domain attributes * Need to formalize a set of return codes. * ACL support to grant adminuser access to domains * Finally, formalize and document the API for developers to use I hope this grows to an easy-to-use and effective email virtual-domain solution. Enjoy! -Amin Astaneh
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