collectiveidea / imap_authenticatable

IMAPAuthenticatable
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A quick library for authenticating against an IMAP server.

See http://daniel.collectiveidea.com/blog/tags/imap_authenticatable for more info.

It expects a model with a 'username' column. You must pass a host.

Example:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  imap_authenticatable :host => 'mail.example.com'
  
  ...
end


other options:
  :allow_new_users => true/false
    Alters whether to use find_by_username or find_or_create_by_username.
    The default is true (find or create).
  :default_domain => 'example.com'
    What usernames have at the end.
    Defaults to the :host option.
  :append_domain => false/true
    Should we always add or remove the default_domain (with preceding '@) value?
    The default is false (always remove).
  :ssl => false/true
    Sets whether to connect via SSL (TLS).  You must have OpenSSL installed.
    Defaults to false.
  :port => 143
    Sets the port.  The :ssl option will set the port automatically unless you override it.
    Defaults to 143 if :ssl => false, 993 if :ssl => true
    

Other options may be added as need arises.


Testing:

To mock the IMAP login in your tests, add the following line to the top of your test_helper.rb
  require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'vendor', 'plugins', 'imap_authenticatable', 'test', 'mocks', 
  'imap.rb')

This mock makes the valid password the reverse of the username (username.reverse).