[Dovecot] pop-before-smtp Dovecot pattern

[Matthias Andree]

"Bjorn Patterson" <bjorn.patterson at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>  
> Having some problems with the default pattern in the pop-before-smtp.pl.conf
> file for dovecot. Also the one off the dovecot wiki doesn't seem to work and
> since I can't seem to figure out how these patterns work I hoping someone
> could help me out with a custom pattern. This is what my mail log looks like:
>  
> Apr  8 23:30:40 nemesis dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<bjorn>, method=
> PLAIN, rip=::ffff:203.109.208.111, lip=::ffff:192.168.0.253
>  
> Any help would be much appreciated

Use SMTP AUTH, it's simple enough with most software nowadays, and
forget about such {POP|IMAP}-before-SMTP setups.  These are insecure -
think mail viruses and/or dynamic IP.

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Matthias Andree