Author: Marc Perkel Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Why doesn't Exim authenticate against IMAP directly?
Fred Viles wrote:
>
>I'll try one last time:
>
>Your set of valid username+passwords are not hard-coded in Dovecot,
>they are stored in some sort of external database. If exim can read
>that database, there is no need for exim to be aware of Dovecot's
>existence, let alone "talk to" it.
> Exim can not read the external database for what I have in mind. There
is no direct access to the database. The only way to veryify against the
database is with an IMAP/POP call.
