On 2010-11-05 08:27:30 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2010-11-04 7:28 PM, Marcus Rueckert wrote: > > On 2010-11-04 15:57:31 -0700, Asai wrote: > >> Is it possible to automatically authenticate Dovecot users using > >> the same type of mechanism which makes Postfix able to simply check > >> SMTP users using the mynetworks variable? > >> > >> Basically I would like to be able to authenticate users on my > >> designated networks automatically, and require a password for those > >> outside this network. > >> > >> Is this possible? > > > this doesnt make any sense. > > how would you know what the inbox is for the user if he didnt provide a > > username? > > Well, he only said require a *password* - presumably he means still > require a valid username but skip the password check for clients in the > mynetworks subnet... which, imo, is a really, really bad idea security > wise, so I won't even try to help with an answer...
well... the syntax for imap auth requires a password, while they could pass a dummy password ... it is just a stupid idea, you could just pass the real password and be done. darix -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org