Renaud Allard wrote:

*trim*

> In fact, I must admit I would prefer a patch that would let
> dovecot authenticate against exim (which in turn supports
> cyrus-sasl libray even for PLAIN, LOGIN,...).
> 


You don't need any patches for that, only minor compile-time 
flags and appropriate configuration file settings.

Both Exim and Dovecot will use the auth methods they are told to 
use and will seek the UID:GID and PWD from whatever source(es) 
you point them to, plain, crypted, or both.

As an SSL 'tunnel' also protects the UID and message content as 
well as the <plain> password, we consider it the best and 
simplest approach [1].

Bill

[1] With older MUA that lacked SSL/TLS, we used 'stunnel'.





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