On 11.7.2007, at 0.07, Don Russell wrote:
I have written a script that connects (localhost) to the dovecot/ imap server and performs various maintenance on my mail, by folder..... deleting old stuff, keeping the n most recent, that sort of crap, er good stuff. :-)My script is written in php (I use the various imap_* functions), and it connects to the imap server running on the same machine... is there a way to connect to the server without having to specify my user name and password?I was thinking there may be some form of "implied" logon if a request from user "don" requests to log on to user "don", then there's no need for a password check, when the connection is via localhost.
How about using master users? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/ MasterUsers
The master user password can be empty of course also.. You can limit the allowed IPs with http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ ExtraFields/AllowNets
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