[exim] Re: Blowfish auth

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Author: Odhiambo Washington
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To: Gandalf Corvotempesta
CC: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re: Blowfish auth
On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 12:33 PM Gandalf Corvotempesta via Exim-users <
exim-users@???> wrote:

> Hi guys
> is possible to use blowfish password scheme in exim?
> I have some users stored on a DB with a blowfish crypted password,
> used by Dovecot
> The dovecot server is on a different server than the exim one so i
> can't use sockets and native dovecot auth in exim (AFAIK, is not
> possible to use a remove dovecot auth as auth server in exim)
>
> Best way would be to login natively in exim by using a blowfish
> crypted password.
> Is this possible ?
>


I think you could do proxy authentication with a local instance of Dovecot
running on your Exim server.
https://fuerstnet.de/post/2021-07-30-proxy-imap-pop-smtp-using-dovecot-and-postfix/


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