[Dovecot] Dovecot authentication for PostFix, anyone?
Greetings,
the postfix sasl readme, http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.htm says:
Dovecot provides an [authentication alternative to Cyrus] that may be worth considering.
In principle, I like the idea of doing without Cyrus, since I have to run an IMAP server anyway and had already chosen Dovecot.
The question is if that page is up to date and if you could share comments or, if they exist, safer/more efficient ways to use Dovecot as authentication server for PostFix, as well as any other relevant tips and tricks
TIA, Marco
In principle, I like the idea of doing without Cyrus, since I have to run an IMAP server anyway and had already chosen Dovecot.
Cyrus-sasl != cyrus-imap...
It is a completely separate, standalone package...
The question is if that page is up to date and if you could share comments or, if they exist, safer/more efficient ways to use Dovecot as authentication server for PostFix, as well as any other relevant tips and tricks
http://wiki.dovecot.org/PostfixAndDovecotSASL
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Best regards,
Charles
Hi, I am using Dovecot and Postfix and they are playing very nice together. Actually I had founded Cyrus-SASL poorly documented and little confusing to Linux newbie (me) so I was happy when I was able to get rid of it. The page you are talking about is up to date it is very easy to get it working. I do not know about any other way how to authenticate through Dovecot and I think there is no need to have it.
Láďa-----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Marco Fioretti Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:44 PM To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: [Dovecot] Dovecot authentication for PostFix, anyone?
Greetings,
the postfix sasl readme, http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.htm says:
Dovecot provides an [authentication alternative to Cyrus] that may be worth considering.
In principle, I like the idea of doing without Cyrus, since I have to run an IMAP server anyway and had already chosen Dovecot.
The question is if that page is up to date and if you could share comments or, if they exist, safer/more efficient ways to use Dovecot as authentication server for PostFix, as well as any other relevant tips and tricks
TIA, Marco
Marco Fioretti wrote:
Greetings,
the postfix sasl readme, http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.htm says:
Dovecot provides an [authentication alternative to Cyrus] that may be worth considering.
In principle, I like the idea of doing without Cyrus, since I have to run an IMAP server anyway and had already chosen Dovecot.
The question is if that page is up to date and if you could share comments or, if they exist, safer/more efficient ways to use Dovecot as authentication server for PostFix, as well as any other relevant tips and tricks
ALTLinux provides in default installation of server-4.0 postfix with authentication against dovecot (switchable to/from cyrus by web configuration interface). Works perfect.
Sergey Ivanov
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Charles Marcus
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Láďa
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Marco Fioretti
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Sergey