Re: please help this newbie get started

I appreciated the help I received here. To try to give back a little, I contributed something I learned to the wiki: Passwd as a password databasePasswd as a password database on FreeBSD Thanks again, Bob

On Sunday, February 5, 2017 10:12 AM, "drbobllc@yahoo.com" <drbobllc@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi, everyone, Got through for the first time! In fact the trick was to switch to: passdb { driver = passwd-file args = path-to-file-with-encrypted-passwords } Thanks for steering me in the right direction. Next I guess is SSL for more security.

Bob On Sunday, February 5, 2017 8:14 AM, "drbobllc@yahoo.com" drbobllc@yahoo.com wrote: Do I need to tell dovecot to check master.passwd instead of passwd? 2. Is my (simple) passdb OK? passdb { args = blocking=no driver = passwd }