On 11.7.2007, at 0.07, Don Russell wrote:
I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/ imap server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by
folder..... deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that
sort of crap, er good stuff. :-)My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions),
and it connects to the imap server running on the same machine...
is there a way to connect to the server without having to specify
my user name and password?I was thinking there may be some form of "implied" logon if a
request from user "don" requests to log on to user "don", then
there's no need for a password check, when the connection is via
localhost.
How about using master users? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/ MasterUsers
The master user password can be empty of course also.. You can limit
the allowed IPs with http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/
ExtraFields/AllowNets