[Dovecot] smtp -auth with using clear text password

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Fri May 4 18:40:34 EEST 2012


On 4.5.2012, at 17.51, Agnello George wrote:

> cat /etc/dovecot/passwd
> agnello:123456
> 
> i also added in dovecot
> 
> passdb {  driver = passwd-file  args = /etc/dovecot/passwd}
> 
> But still its gives me a relay access denied .

The default password scheme is CRYPT, but you apparently want plaintext passwords. So either prefix the password with {plain} or add:

args = scheme=plain /etc/dovecot/passwd




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