Autor: Marc Perkel Fecha: A: Jakob Hirsch Cc: 'Exim-users' Asunto: Re: [exim] Why doesn't Exim authenticate against IMAP directly?
Jakob Hirsch wrote:
>If you are really looking for simplicity, drop _that_
>and use the same backend as your IMAP server, dovecot. TTBOMK, Exim
>supports the same (or even more) backends as dovecot, so there is no
>need for this additional step.
> How do you get Exim to talk to a Dovecot backend.
>I already asked you two times, why you
>need such a feature - you didn't answer that question yet, besides of
>"to eliminate SASL".
>
> I've answered it several times. I will say AGAIN.
Right now EXIM talks to SASL which talks to IMAP to authenticate. I want
EXIM to talk directly to IMAP.
