This module provides Drupal user authentication using an IMAP, POP, or NNTP server as the backend. The site administrator can choose which servers can be used for authentication, or enable all servers.
Features
- Gives users the option to login using and email or news reader account
- Matches external users to their Drupal account based on email address.
- Create a new Drupal account for the user if one doesn't exist.
- Administrator has the ability to select which servers can be used for authentication.
Requirements
This modules requires PHP to have the IMAP extension enabled.
Development Status
Active development is ongoing for the 2.x version. Once there is a stable release for both Drupal 6 & 7, development of new features will be on the 7.x-2.x branch, and an effort will be made to backport them to the 6.x-2.x branch. The old 1.x versions of this module are still available from git if you really need them.
Maintainers
The original 1.x version was developed by Cainan and yecarrillo. As of 9/10/11, 10oclock has taken over development and is maintaining the 2.x version.
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Project Information
- Maintenance status: Actively maintained
- Development status: Under active development
- Module categories: User Access & Authentication
- Reported installs: 72 sites currently report using this module. View usage statistics.
- Downloads: 2,992
- Last modified: November 30, 2011