[Dovecot] Pop-before-smtp and MySQL?

[Udo Rader]

On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 06:22 -0600, /dev/rob0 wrote:
> On Monday 2005-November-28 06:13, Udo Rader wrote:
> > > If your MTA is Postfix (which appears so from your headers) Timo
> > > has a patch which ties in SASL AUTH support without using Cyrus
> > > SASL. I use it and recommend it highly. See the Postfix SASL_README
> > > and the patch at http://dovecot.org/patches/postfix/ (for Postfix
> > > 2.2.x) or my own ports of it to the 2.3 snapshots:
> > > http://www.nodns4.us/postfix-2.3-20051121-dovecot-auth.patch.gz
> > >
> > > http://www.nodns4.us/postfix-2.3-20050630-dovecot-auth.patch.gz
> > > still exists for those who got on the bleeding edge but were too
> > > lazy to stay there. :)
> >
> > I'm not the original poster of the question, yet I have a question
> > about this patch.
> >
> > What would be the benefits of using this patch? I mean, dovecot is 
> 
> The main benefit is that you don't have to use nor install Cyrus SASL. 
> It's also very simple to set up: once you set all the options it Just 
> Works.
> 
> > supposed to have its own SASL implementation (as stated in the docs)
> > and we are even using it. So why would one need a specific patch for
> > postfix when dovecot is completely on its own feet?
> 
> IIUC Postfix cannot use Dovecot SASL without the patch. Timo could 
> probably give a definitive answer.

Ah, I see, so it's the other way round, postfix uses dovecot for SMTP
AUTH then? That would be _very_ cool indeed.

Udo

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