[Dovecot] userdb/autdb via ldaps

[Stian Jordet]

Jürgen Herz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using a OpenLDAP server to store mail users infos like maildir
> location and password. This server is running on a separate machine and
> I'd like to protect the connection to it by using SSL/TLS.
>
> The server is configured so that it offers ldaps and it works with other
> clients.
>
> But I haven't found how to configure dovecot to use ldaps. Would someone
> please direct me to the right place or directly help how to?
>   
You just set it up as if you were using normal ldap (the config file is 
well documented), and use

uris=ldaps://buick.jordet.net/

instead of host, etc. Works great for me :)

-Stian