If I understand correctly, the only way to use SASL authenication when
connecting to the uw-imap server is use a built in facility that reads
usernames and passwords from the plain text file /etc/cram-md5.pwd.
Presumably the administrator has to maintain this file by hand to keep
it synchronized with whatever the primary user authentication system is
on the machine.

I saw Jim Rigg's 2005-07-23 post on the c-client list about introducing
support for SASL authenication via the Cyrus SASL which authenticates
using mechanisms like PAM or LDAP (I think), and this made me curious. 
Is there existing or planned support for Cyrus SASL or something
similiar? Are there other techniques for using SASL to protect the imap
login in such a way that password management is well-intergrated with
the standard mechanisms?

Mark

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