[Dovecot] Using pgsql with 'cram-md5 auth' and 'hmac-md5 scheme'

[Jonathan Ballet]

Le Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:02:57 -0400,
John Peacock <jpeacock at rowman.com> a _crit :
> 
> So, it looks like the way to set this up is:
> 
> # get your certificates in place
> protocols = imaps
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> auth default {
>   mechanisms = plain
[...]
> and then add your database to the list of passdb's, with the value 
> {HMAC-MD5}xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as the contents of the password field.

Yes, I tried this configuration, and it works (which is logical, since
it uses plain authentication mechanism).

I will go for it if I don't have any other choice.

However, it doesn't tell me why my previous installation worked :/


Thanks,
  Jonathan