Re: Fwd: VPOPMAIL & DOVECOT & SMTP-AUTH
"Joe @ 3ZZZ" <[email protected]>
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>> On 09/10/2010 12:45 PM, Davis Sylvester wrote: >>> >>> I am using Qmail and Dovecot for IMAP. Prior to installing Dovecot we >>> only offered POP3 and SMTP services. >>> The issue I have run into is that after I installed Dovecot, IMAP runs >>> fine, but when my users go to send email they can't. >> >> This was just discussed on the list yesterday. Dovecot caches user >> information in memory and does not support roaming users. You will >> need to switch to SMTP authentication. >> >> POP-before-SMTP is *bad*. >> >>> Is there a simple resolution to resolve this issue? I have looked at >>> SMTP-AUTH but not sure it will work with vpopmail. >> >> It works. Just be sure that you have clear passwords enabled in >> vpopmail if you want to support CRAM-MD5 authentication. Quoting Davis Sylvester <[email protected]>: > Matt what smtp-patch do u suggest! Can u point me to a current howto? After reading http://www.fehcom.de/qmail/smtpauth.html this morning, I'm hoping for a good answer to Davis' question as well. Do you think the guide at the bottom there is the way to go? Is migrating to postfix (still with vpopmail) a viable / advisable alternative? thank you all very much, Joe !DSPAM:4c8ba28c32714780799071!