> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Marc Perkel > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:40 AM > To: Jakob Hirsch > Cc: 'Exim-users' > Subject: Re: [exim] Why doesn't Exim authenticate against IMAP directly? > > > > > Jakob Hirsch wrote: > > >If you are really looking for simplicity, drop _that_ > >and use the same backend as your IMAP server, dovecot. TTBOMK, Exim > >supports the same (or even more) backends as dovecot, so there is no > >need for this additional step. > > > How do you get Exim to talk to a Dovecot backend. > [...]
What he is saying is Exim may be able to retrieve the authentication information from the same source as Dovecot does. If this is the case then making the call to your IMAP service is already redundant. For instance, I keep all authentication, quotas, vacation messages, aliases, etc in MySql databases and all users are virtual. My POP3 and IMAP services authenticate from the data in those databases as does Exim. So when user authenticates to Exim it looks up the information in the same database as does the IMAP service. If your Dovecot user database is accessible to Exim, then have Exim look up the data it's self rather than calling something external to do the job. Exactly how you access the database depends upon the database type you are using. If you post the database backend you are using I am sure help in making the actual connection and retrieving the data would be forth coming. Rick -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
