How do we disable LOGIN-REFERRALS? (part 2)

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Thu Dec 3 13:49:58 UTC 2015


On 03 Dec 2015, at 15:17, sb <serbr at runbox.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/3/15 1:32 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> As long as Dovecot doesn't return any login-referrals (which it doesn't
>> by default), I don't see why having LOGIN-REFERRALS in the CAPABILITY
>> reply would matter.
> Because a compatible client will use the capability as advertised by the server,
> and then fail because the server is not honouring its promise.
> 
> One can hide the capability in the banner, but also wants to disable its engine.
> You say that dovecot has it disabled by default, but I have no evidence of it, yet.

I think you need to read how LOGIN-REFERRALs actually work. There is no code that can be disabled on Dovecot side.



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