[Dovecot] Newbie question: configuration for virtual users

[Tim Southerwood]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:47:10 +0100
Rory Campbell-Lange <rory at campbell-lange.net> wrote:


> 
> > You have the choice of holding the plain passwd, a PLAIN-MD5,
> > DIGEST-MD5 or a crypt version in the database. However - choose
> > wisely based on what the mail clients will support - there's a lot
> > of variation. Sylpheed will do PLAIN or CRAM-MD5 only. You may find
> > that despite the obvious issues, PLAIN is the best to use as
> > everything can use it. Or if the user's already authenticate via
> > some other mechanism, use that if dovecot supports it.
> 
> I'm mainly supporting OSX Mail and XP Outlook users. Are they OK at
> supporting DIGEST-MD5 or crypt? Maybe I should use IMAPS and plain?

Hi

SSL and PLAIN is what we use - at least it's guaranteed to work with
every client on the planet.

Cheers

Tim

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