On Monday 02 June 2008 20:58:52 Jason Dixon wrote:

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> On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 08:48:40PM +0000, Pollywog wrote:

> > Is there a way to make Postfix and Courier IMAP authenticate using the

> > same MySQL database?

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> Yes, of course.  Don't bother with HOWTOs though, learn how the

> applications work and configure them accordingly.  In my case, I use

> Courier's authdaemond with MySQL, and Cyrus SASL's support for

> authenticating against authdaemond.

Sure, it would be nice to learn how things work, but I don't want to have to

build a car myself in order to drive it.
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> I haven't read the link you posted, but just the idea of authenticating

> through PAM for mail service makes me want to puke.  If you really want to

> read some examples, there are plenty over at the Postfix site.

I found another Howto and it does not use PAM.