OpenMacNews wrote:

hi,

i'm running dovecot branch_10 cvs on OSX 10.4.7 w/ exim 4.63.

i'd like to use Dovecot's SASL as an auth backend to exim, instead of Cyrus-SASL.

@ dovecot's sasl page:

http://wiki.dovecot.org/Sasl

i know there's a patch against exim 4.43:

http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/AuthenticatedSmtpUsingDovecot

that, purportedly, enables EXIM to use dovecot's SASL as an auth backend.

questions:

(1) with 'recent' updates to both dovecot/exim, is that patch still required?

I guess so

(2) if so, is that patch still viable/safe against 4.63?

Well it applies cleanly (after substituting "exim-4.63" for "exim-4.43") and seems to build OK (on Solaris 10)

(3) can anyone provide a _specific_ example of the exim config(s) (Makefile, Router, Transport) they're using to 'make it work'?

No, but I'd try what was suggested in the "authenticators" section; something like :-

begin authenticators

ntlm: driver = dovecot public_name = NTLM server_socket = /var/authentication_socket_path server_set_id = $1

... etc.

i've asked this question @ exim list, but, other than a 'why would you bother?' and a 'good luck with your efforts', no "joy" so far ...

thanks,

richard

Best Wishes, Chris

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