IMAP auth provider for Synapse

Allows Synapse to use IMAP to login users.

Installation

pip3 install matrix-synapse-imap

Usage

Example Synapse config:

password_providers:
  - module: "imap_auth_provider.IMAPAuthProvider"
    config:
      enabled: true
      create_users: true
      server: "mail.example.com"
      plain_userid: true
      append_domain: "some.domain.com"

The create_users-key specifies whether to create Matrix accounts for valid system accounts.

The server-key specifies the name of the imap server, it must support SSL connections.

The plain_userid-key forces the unaltered userid to be send to the imap server

The append_domain-key overrides or appends email domain