-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.111 2006/09/25 10:14:20 ph10 Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.112 2006/10/02 13:38:18 ph10 Exp $
New Features in Exim
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The modifier can be used in SMTP and non-SMTP ACLs. It applies to both
permanent and temporary rejections.
+3. There is a new authenticator called "dovecot". This is an interface to the
+ authentication facility of the Dovecot POP/IMAP server, which can support a
+ number of authentication methods. If you are using Dovecot to authenticate
+ POP/IMAP clients, it might be helpful to use the same mechanisms for SMTP
+ authentication. This is a server authenticator only. The only option is
+ server_socket, which must specify the socket which is the interface to
+ Dovecot authentication. The public_name option must specify an
+ authentication mechanism that Dovecot is configured to support. You can have
+ several authenticators for different mechanisms. For example:
+
+ dovecot_plain:
+ driver = PLAIN
+ server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
+ server_setid = $auth1
+
+ dovecot_ntlm:
+ driver = NTLM
+ server_name = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
+ server_setid = $auth1
+
Version 4.63
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