Robert Cates wrote: > I have Courier and Exim installed and things seem to work ok, but I > apparently do not have AUTHentication setup/configured, at least not with
You need to configure Exim to announce AUTH. Exim does not against what you want to authenticate. For using Exim with Courier-IMAP, see http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/FAQ/Policy_controls/Q0730 > And now to my questions - do I have to configure AUTHentication in Exim, in > Courier, or both? Do I even need POP/IMAP servers with Exim, and if not, > what would be a situation where I'd want POP/IMAP servers running? You always need authentication in Courier-IMAP, it needs to know which user wants to access his mail. In Exim, you need it e.g. if you want to allow remote user to use your mail server as a relay. > As I see it, POP/IMAP servers are there to act as the front-end to the MTA > for MUAs, which is why I'm wondering if I even need to configure pop/imap are protocols for users to download their mail. smtp is for delivering mail to a mail server. From a MUA's view, they are protocols for the same service, but different directions. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
