Bill Cole wrote: > Roland Plüss wrote, On 1/13/09 9:47 AM: >> >> Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: > [...] >>> Gentoo is not the issue, however the different SASL implementations can >>> be an interesting experiment to get working. >>> Dovecot SASL is easier, IMO, to setup and configure and you can disable >>> the IMAP services from starting simply enough. >>> >>> >> Hm... I tried Cyrus so far. What's the difference between the two except >> the configuration? > > 1. Dovecot SASL is a free-standing authentication daemon rather than > libraries that have to be linked into Postfix, which eliminates the > opportunity for failure from having a mismatch between the libraries > used to build Postfix and the ones in place at run time. > > 2. Dovecot only provides authentication for the SMTP server side of > Postfix, so if you need to have the SMTP or LMTP client parts of > Postfix authenticate themselves to a server, Cyrus is your only choice. > > And the config difference is a significant one. A SASL implementation > that one cannot figure out how to configure has absolutely no > functionality. It is also possible to configure Cyrus functionally but > very insecurely, which is likely to be more difficult to accomplish > with Dovecot. > > I guess in this case I should once upon time pay Dovecot a visit. I need only auth for SMTP/IMAP. LMTP I don't use so it's not a blocker there.
-- Yours sincerely Plüss Roland
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