On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 at 15:23, Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > On 20 December 2018 at 14:10 Odhiambo Washington < odhia...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > You've made this more difficult to understand, even :-) > > So the answer is: > Set the following in 10-auth.conf > > 1. disable_plaintext_auth = no > 2. auth_mechanisms = plain > > And yes, the encrypted passwords are stored in MySQL. > > > You cannot use hashed passwords with digest-md5 mechanism. > > Aki > So, for the record, whenever passwords are hashed, digest-md5 should be disabled/removed from auth_mechanisms. My question though - for purposes of understanding - how does dovecot take the sent password from a client and match it against the hashed one stored in the DB (in my case)? What happens in between the process? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", grep ^[^#] :-)