[Dovecot] Connecting to dovecot/imap without a password

[Don Russell]

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> 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

Thank you. I think this will work well for me.