[Dovecot] 1.0rc7 - dumb question

[John Peacock]

Odhiambo WASHINGTON wrote:
> Is it possible to use a different auth mechanism, other than "plain",
> when the encrypted password is in /etc/master.passwd (BSD style)?

No, because the other mechanisms require a plaintext password (although 
I see the WIKI doesn't reflect this except for APOP).  As I recommended 
recently, you are free to use IMAPS (SSL IMAP) with encrypted passwords.

HTH

John

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