>>> I recently switched from Thunderbird to Roundcube (highly >>> recommended), switched to the non-SSL courier daemon, and plugged the >>> firewall hole since courier resides on the same system as my web >>> server. Do I still need cyrus-sasl or will a webmail client >>> authenticate directly with courier? >> >> Can anyone tell me if it's necessary to run cyrus-sasl between courier >> and a webmail client if they're on the same machine? > > I have a very old installation of net-mail/courier-imap > > I don't believe I have ever run cyrus-sasl on it. I have accessed this system > via Squirrelmail, IMAP and (I think) IMAP-over-SSL.
Thanks Stroller. Do you run postfix or another MTA on that system? I'm wondering if I might need cyrus-sasl for postfix instead of courier. - Grant
