On 13/07/16 15:56, Peter wrote: > On 13/07/16 15:38, Michael Fox wrote: >> Thanks. But again, the question is *NOT* about the terminology or the >> general meaning or definition of the categories. The question is >> specifically asking which authentication mechanisms Postfix places in those >> categories. > > I think the actual security features list is dependant on the SASL > implementation, and which mechs satisfy each security feature is defined > in cyrus and dovecot sasl.
Actually Wietse already answered this earlier in this thread: > Dovecot tells Postfix the supported mechanism names and their > security properties. Postfix intersects that with the main.cf > settings, and announces the mechanisms that remain. ...so the list comes from Dovecot, you need to ask Dovecot what the properties are of each mech. Peter
