[Dovecot] 'Bind'-method authentication for LDAP

Has there been any thought given to implementing authentication via an LDAP 'bind', rather than by a password lookup and hash comparison? doing a bind would obviate the need to make the passwords readable by the dovecot process and would lend itself to improved security.

Phillip Needham Principal, iBright Consulting phillip@ibright.net 614-783-3301