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!

Andi