[Dovecot] Two passwords: One for Dovecot IMAP and One for Dovecot SASL? Is it possible?

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI]

On Qua, 14 Out 2009, Art Gray - Razorpoint wrote:
> Can Dovecot can handle separate authentication for receiving mail  
> (IMAPS) and sending mail (SMTPS)?  In the past, we used Dovecot IMAP  
> for the receiving part and Cyrus SASL for the sending part.  This  
> allowed us to use two passwords with mail.  Cyrus has grown too old  
> and isn't useful anymore.  Can Dovecot give us this functionality:   
> two passwords, one for IMAP authentication and one for SASL  
> authentication?

Dovecot is only an IMAP server, it does not support SMTP and is not  
used while sending e-mail.

Some SMTP servers can use Dovecot to authenticate users, but if you do  
not want that, just configure your SMTP accordingly.


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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
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