X-Git-Url: https://git.netwichtig.de/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fdoc-docbook%2Fspec.xfpt;h=fd2b47f22722867095f89d94cb8313d9ae383a89;hb=04e5caa9a7e84b2afca642d28096d988cb6802e7;hp=dc4e38c4aa73c129829595c3a131c18e3c58748a;hpb=9ee30919f807678b0bc9f675dcfa73225b486574;p=user%2Fhenk%2Fcode%2Fexim.git diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index dc4e38c4a..fd2b47f22 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -28293,7 +28293,7 @@ Dovecot 2 POP/IMAP server, which can support a number of authentication methods. Note that Dovecot must be configured to use auth-client not auth-userdb. 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. There is only one option: +authenticator only. There is only one non-generic option: .option server_socket dovecot string unset @@ -28305,6 +28305,7 @@ authenticators for different mechanisms. For example: dovecot_plain: driver = dovecot public_name = PLAIN + server_advertise_condition = ${if def:tls_in_cipher} server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client server_set_id = $auth1 @@ -28314,6 +28315,13 @@ dovecot_ntlm: server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client server_set_id = $auth1 .endd + +.new +&*Note*&: plaintext authentication methods such as PLAIN and LOGIN +should not be advertised on cleartext SMTP connections. +See the discussion in section &<>&. +.wen + If the SMTP connection is encrypted, or if &$sender_host_address$& is equal to &$received_ip_address$& (that is, the connection is local), the &"secured"& option is passed in the Dovecot authentication command. If, for a TLS