Author: Andi Buechler Date: To: Giuliano Gavazzi CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim and separate passwd file
> yes, I understood, that did not confuse me. But still you are... Exim, > as others have said, has nothing to do with that authentication. It is
> you imap/pop server that does. So you have to look elsewhere for the
> answer... (mind that it is unlikely that the corresponding process
> will have access to the password file exim uses, unless they run as
> root).
Ok, that helped. Had the fix idea that imap uses somehow the
authentication mechanism of exim and does not have its own. Thank you
for pointing that out!