Please amend the first paragraphs of
PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.Host.txt as follows.
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Login referrals are a server-side IMAP4 extension specified by RFC 2221.
Their purpose is to redirect clients to an different IMAP4 server in
case of
hardware failures or organizational change
> On 03 Dec 2015, at 17:20, sb wrote:
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> On 12/3/15 2:49 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
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>> There is no code that can be disabled on Dovecot side.
>> I think you need to read how LOGIN-REFERRALs actually work.
>
> This is an excerpt from the RFC:
>
>> A home server referral may be returned in res
On 12/3/15 2:49 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
There is no code that can be disabled on Dovecot side.
I think you need to read how LOGIN-REFERRALs actually work.
This is an excerpt from the RFC:
A home server referral may be returned in response to an AUTHENTICATE
or LOGIN command, or it may ap
On 03 Dec 2015, at 15:17, sb wrote:
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> On 12/3/15 1:32 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> As long as Dovecot doesn't return any login-referrals (which it doesn't
>> by default), I don't see why having LOGIN-REFERRALS in the CAPABILITY
>> reply would matter.
> Because a compatible client will use the ca
On 12/3/15 1:32 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
As long as Dovecot doesn't return any login-referrals (which it doesn't
by default), I don't see why having LOGIN-REFERRALS in the CAPABILITY
reply would matter.
Because a compatible client will use the capability as advertised by the
server,
and then fa
On 12/03/2015 01:46 PM, sb wrote:
> From /opt/src/dovecot-2.2.19/doc/wiki/PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.Host.txt
>> Login referrals are an IMAP extension specified by RFC 2221
>> [http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2221.html]. They're not supported by
>> many
>> clients, so you probably don't want to u
From /opt/src/dovecot-2.2.19/doc/wiki/PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.Host.txt
Login referrals are an IMAP extension specified by RFC 2221
[http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2221.html]. They're not supported by many
clients, so you probably don't want to use them normally.
Right.
The following client
Network Working Group M. Gahrns
Request for Comments: 2221 Microsoft
Category: Standards Track October 1997
IMAP4 Login Referrals
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6. Security Considerations
The IMAP4 login referral mechanism makes use of IMAP URLs, and