[Dovecot] SSL / TLS

[Charles Marcus]

On 7/9/2009, Federico Nicolelli (federico.nicolelli at iscsi.it) wrote:
>> So, does disable_plaintext_auth=yes automatically change the imap listen
>> port to 993, or would I then nees to also set 'ssl_listen: 993' (if so,
>> wouldn't that seeting be more appropriately named tls_listen? ;) ?

> No it will only disable plaintext authentications over a unsecure channel.
> so if you want to force SSL/TLS you should use ssl=required as Timo said.

Ok, still a little confused...

To do this 'right'...

protocols = imap
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
ssl = required

and just use the default standard imap port of 143?

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Best regards,

Charles