[Dovecot] Managesieve with local accounts

Michael Baecker michael at baecker.com
Fri Feb 15 16:02:08 EET 2008


Stephan Bosch <stephan at rename-it.nl> schrieb:

>> auth default {
>>  mechanisms = plain
>>  passdb pam {
>>    args = "*"
>>  }
> I notice that you are using pam and that your args is set to '*'. This
> means that dovecot authenticates with pam using the servicename of the
> service involvend; e.g. imap or pop3. So, did you add a managesieve
> service to your pam configuration? My experience with pam is close to
> zero unfortunately, but you can read
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/PAM for a few pointers.

That was the simple problem and solution. I added a pam file that was  
linked to imap and all worked like a charm.

Thanks a lot!

Michael Baecker


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