Package: exim4 Version: 4.94.2-7 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: lzq...@gmail.com
The current preferred mechanism in the Exim configuration for authenticating users against system passwords is saslauthd, which requires installing additional software. Dovecot is commonly installed alongside Exim and contains a SASL mechanism for Exim to authenticate against: https://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_dovecot_authenticator.html https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/howto/exim_and_dovecot_sasl/ Therefore I think it would be useful for the default Exim configuration file to contain commented lines for using the Dovecot authenticator out of the box.
