Re: [Dovecot] Capturing credentials for imap sync

On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 07:54 +1100, Master Abi wrote:

Hi List

All the imap sync apps I could find requires the username /password credentails to be known before a sync occurs. I have Dovecot using ldap acting as a nearline backup mail server to MS Exchange. Every hour imapsync syncs mail between Exchange and Dovecot. This all works fine becuase the users credentials are known, but when new users are added I would like the process to work seemless like this:

How about using master users instead? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers

You can also limit them to be allowed only from specific IPs: http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields/AllowNets