[arch-general] Dovecot

[Shridhar Daithankar]

On Sunday 10 May 2009 21:30:18 Baho Utot wrote:
> Anyone got a simple configuration file ( dovecot.conf )
> that has simple auth login? like clear text?

Here it is. I use it on localhost to avoid bloating my home dir with mails.
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$ grep -v \# /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf|cat -s

ssl_disable = yes

mail_location = maildir:/mnt1/shridhar/dovecot/%u

protocol imap {
}
  
protocol pop3 {
}

protocol lda {
  postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com
}

auth default {
  mechanisms = plain
  passdb pam {
  }

  userdb passwd {
  }

  user = root
}

dict {
}

plugin {
}

$ dovecot -n
# 1.1.14: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Warning: There is no way to login to this server: disable_plaintext_auth=yes, 
ssl-disable=yes, no non-plaintext auth mechanisms.
# OS: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH x86_64  reiserfs
ssl_disable: yes
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
mail_location: maildir:/mnt1/shridhar/dovecot/%u
auth default:
  passdb:
    driver: pam
  userdb:
    driver: passwd
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-- 
 Shridhar