[Dovecot] authorizing users

[Patrick Nagel]

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Wade Smart wrote:
> Im trying to clarify if I understand correctly about authorizing users.
> 
> "The simplest login method is sending the user login info in plain
> text and allowing access only to users that already have UNIX access
> (ie. in /etc/passwd) to the machine dovecot is running on."
> 
> Im using fetchmail postfix dovecot on my own personal computer to get
> my mail from two servers. What Im wanting to understand is, is this
> saying that since I am already a user on my own system, that by using
> /etc/passwd that I would use my username and password in say
> thunderbird to login to dovecot to get my mail?

Yes. AFAIK that's dovecot's default configuration, so you don't have to change
anything and it should just work.

Patrick.

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