On Apr 15, 2007, at 2:03 AM, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote:

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> Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
>> Is there any reasonably easy way to get SMTP AUTH functioning with
>> sendmail and dovecot?
>
> i asked about this a few weeks back and i think the answer is no. this
> means you have to maintain 2 pw DBs, one for dovecot, one for
> cyrus-SASL. i would like to be wrong here since it would make life
> easier for me.

That was the primary reason for using postfix with dovecot. Years  
back, I tried to get both sendmail and postfix working with SMTP AUTH  
and Cyrus as I recall. It was a mess. The super-easy integration of  
postfix and dovecot for SMTP AUTH is a welcome change.

Bryan