dovecot - Feb 2022 - Password Mismatch when connecting from Email Client

My dovecot-sql.conf.ext file has this line:

default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT

looking in the postfixadmin database passwords are encrypted







---- On Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:37:54 +0000 Benny Pedersen <me at junc.eu>
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On 2022-02-04 17:17, Dr Francis Greaves wrote: 
 
> Any help much appreciated. 
 
what is stored in mysql on the password field ? 
 
you dont need to expose passwords in maillists !!!!
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On 04/02/2022 16:51, Francis Greaves wrote:
> My dovecot-sql.conf.ext file has this line:
> default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT
> looking in the postfixadmin database passwords are encrypted
How? there are several ways to encrypt passwords. If the 
default_pass_scheme mismatch the way postfixadmin encrypts the passwords 
the verification will fail.

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> ---- On Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:37:54 +0000 *Benny Pedersen <me at
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>     On 2022-02-04 17:17, Dr Francis Greaves wrote:
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>     > Any help much appreciated.
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>     what is stored in mysql on the password field ?
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>     you dont need to expose passwords in maillists !!!!
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