I am not sure of this, but can't you use the same sasldb to authenticate to dovecot like you can to Postfix. I know they both can use it so you should be able to use the same sasldb file. Not sure. Just an idea.
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Mike Jones! < property.of.mike.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have dovecot serving up imaps with virtual users delivering to a > maildir and authenticating against a flat file. Now I am trying to > get postfix to use sasl to authenticate a virtual user and allow the > virtual user to send mail to an address on the public internet via > smtps. > > I recall reading in postfix docs that postfix cannot yet authenticate > for smtp against dovecot in this situation. Do I just need to set up > a separate store of accounts (e.g. sasldb) with the same account > credentials? Really having a tough time finding docs for this > specific setup, but it seems like it would be a rather common one. > Any helpful information you could provide would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > mwjones >
