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From: Eric Shubert [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [qmailtoaster] Re: IMAP Ports
On 03/16/2011 02:01 PM, Scott Hughes wrote:
> There are packages of dovecot-2.0.11 for CentOS/QMT in the QTP repo. You
> can install it with yum. If you didn't install dovecot with rpm, you
> should "make uninstall" it first.
>
> That being said, I'm guessing that your client doesn't have TLS or
> secure logins enabled with port 143. Since you have
> "disable_plaintext_auth = yes", dovecot will not allow logins with
> passwords that are sent in the clear (which is a good thing). To use
> port 143, clients need either secure logins (cram-md5) or TLS enabled.
> TLS is preferred, as it will encrypt the entire connection. Note, that
> TLS on port 143 is also preferred over IMAP/SSL on port 993.
>
> Eric,
>
> Can you write up on the wiki how to upgrade Dovecot to the newer version
for
> us newbies? Again, I followed the instructions on the wiki page (non-rpm)
> for the install.
>
> Also, what are the advantages of upgrading to the newer version?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
>
Yes, documentation is forthcoming. The lack of documentation is why I
haven't made a formal announcement of it here yet. It's in the repo
though, and I expect there will be no more tweaks to it, only version
upgrades from upstream.
See the dovecot wiki(s) for a change histories. You can also find
upgrade instructions there to guide you.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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Awesome!
Thanks,
Scott
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