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.