Re: [exim] Why doesn't Exim authenticate against IMAP direct…

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Szerző: Marc Perkel
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Tárgy: 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.