Roland Plüss a écrit :
> 
> mouss wrote:
>> Roland Plüss a écrit :
>>   
>>> I guess in this case I should once upon time pay Dovecot a visit. I need
>>> only auth for SMTP/IMAP. LMTP I don't use so it's not a blocker there.
>>>
>>>     
>> you apparently didn't get it:
>>
>> - if you only need to authenticate TO YOUR postfix, then dovecot is a
>> good choice. This happens when your mailer connects to postfix.
>>
>> - if you need your postfix to authenticate TO OTHER smtp servers, then
>> you need cyrus-sasl.
>>
>> In short, dovecot doesn't support "client side SASL". see the SASL
>> README for more.
>>   
> Nah, it's only for client to my postfix. No need for postfix to auth to
> other smtp servers. 

so dovecot sasl is a good choice.

> Unless this would be somehow usefull or would
> prevent problems.
> 

some people need this if they relay via their ISP/MSP and the latter
requires authentication.

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