>I see no reason not to do this in UW imapd (and make a user very happy), but >before I do it I'd like to get a sanity check from the community -- is there >any reason why this might be a bad idea?
As long as you define "localhost" as "any interface that has the IFF_LOOPBACK bit set" this should be fine. I also allow plaintext authentication when the client and server talk over named sockets (PF_UNIX). --lyndon
