[Dovecot] Connecting to dovecot/imap without a password

[Timo Sirainen]

On 11.7.2007, at 0.07, Don Russell wrote:

> I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/ 
> imap server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by  
> folder..... deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that  
> sort of crap, er good stuff. :-)
>
> My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions),  
> and it connects to the imap server running on the same machine...  
> is there a way to connect to the server without having to specify  
> my user name and password?
>
> I was thinking there may be some form of "implied" logon if a  
> request from user "don" requests to log on to user "don", then  
> there's no need for a password check, when the connection is via  
> localhost.

How about using master users? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/ 
MasterUsers

The master user password can be empty of course also.. You can limit  
the allowed IPs with http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ 
ExtraFields/AllowNets

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