Alternative to ClientLogin for Google Apps authentication?

[Daniel Smith]

>> I just tried the -t option in our sandbox, and it runs perfectly. I
>> googled around but couldn't find the implications of this - increased
>> overhead? Or just slightly increased response time due to requests
>> queueing up instead of executing concurrently? Right now we only
>> service 20 or so requests per minute, so I'm not too concerned about
>> performance.
>
> Then it'll be fine, just run with -t.
>
> It limits the server to processing one request at a time. It may not handle large spikes
> in traffic well.

That may be an issue, we've had APs get kernel panics in the past, and
saw 70-80 people re-authenticate in the space of 5 seconds.

At any rate we now have a workaround, and as a bonus a great reason to
finally push through an upgrade. Thanks guys!