[Dovecot] Two passwords: One for Dovecot IMAP and One for Dovecot SASL? Is it possible?
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo at kalinowski.com.br
Wed Oct 14 22:52:50 EEST 2009
On Qua, 14 Out 2009, Art Gray - Razorpoint wrote:
> Can Dovecot can handle separate authentication for receiving mail
> (IMAPS) and sending mail (SMTPS)? In the past, we used Dovecot IMAP
> for the receiving part and Cyrus SASL for the sending part. This
> allowed us to use two passwords with mail. Cyrus has grown too old
> and isn't useful anymore. Can Dovecot give us this functionality:
> two passwords, one for IMAP authentication and one for SASL
> authentication?
Dovecot is only an IMAP server, it does not support SMTP and is not
used while sending e-mail.
Some SMTP servers can use Dovecot to authenticate users, but if you do
not want that, just configure your SMTP accordingly.
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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo at kalinowski.com.br
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