* BABEDH-DHRA <babedh-d...@biggdog.biz>:
> I understand you want to use Dovecot as SASL provider. In this case the
> configuration (see below) you are currently trying to use is leading you
> completely the wrong way.
>
> Take a look at the section "Configuring Dovecot SASL" in the SASL_README
> (/usr/share/doc/postfix/SASL_README.gz> that is shipped with Postfix.
>
> Here's what you basically need to do:
>
> 1. Configure Dovecot to provide an authentication socket for Postfix 2.
> Configure Postfix to use that socket.
>
> Step 2 might be a little extra complicated if you run your Postfix server
> chrooted, which is the default on Debian/Ubuntu machines.
>
> __________________________________________________________________________
>
> Ok I have done all that was aked by the documentation but...
>
> I noticed that I have another line for
>
> passdb pam {
>
>
>
> mine appears to be linked to mysql
>
> passdb sql {
>
> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-crammd5.conf
>
>
>
> my
>
> mechanisms = plain login
>
> also had " crammd5" at the end of it.
That should not be a problem. You, better your requirements, can only tell if
you need such a configuration.
> Would this make a difference or do I now need to try to do this through
> mysql. I started to read up but stopped as I thought I would be ok this
> way.
It looks okay to me.
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