[Dovecot] SASL from remote server

[Ben Winslow]

On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 11:33 -0700, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
> Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > On 17.9.2007, at 19.25, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way, using Dovecot and Postfix, to use SASL from a remote 
> >> server?  Since it appears the communication uses Unix sockets, does 
> >> this mean it is restricted to local services only?
> >
> > Not directly, but there are programs that can do unix <-> tcp socket 
> > proxying. Maybe some day when dovecot-auth is separated into its own 
> > dovecot-sasl package that could be added.
> >
> Do know any you'd recommend?

Take a look at socat: http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/

-- 
Ben Winslow <rain at bluecherry.net>
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