[Dovecot] Only method=PLAIN

[Timo Sirainen]

On 16.5.2012, at 19.36, Manuel Fernández Panzuela wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I need to authenticate dovecot against openldap. OpenLdap's authentication
> method requires SHA.
> How must I set dovecot ?
..
>        #mechanisms = plain SHA
..
> If I uncomment #mechanisms = plain SHA  Dovecot doesn't start, the error:
> dovecot: auth(default): Unknown authentication mechanism 'SHA'

You're confusing the difference between authentication mechanism and password scheme. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication

You want to use SHA1 as password scheme but still PLAIN mechanism.