dovecot - Apr 2004 - dovecot vs. cyrus IMAP?

Hello all,

I just learned about dovecot. I am currently using Cyrus IMAP/POP3 with Postfix
on a Linux system.
The one thing I don't like about Cyrus IMAP is that it doesn't support
mail users who have accounts on the system.

It uses it's own mailbox format and the users can't be regular system
users.

It would be nice to have an IMAP/POP3 server that can handle mail for users in
/etc/passwd as well as the cyrus 'virtual'
user type.

Does dovecot only provide access to mail for users in /etc/passwd? Or can one
setup email accounts for people that don't have accounts on the system ( in
/etc/passwd )?

Thanks,
 
-- 
Jim Norton - http://www.jimnorton.org

Recursion; n. see 'Recursion'

* Jim Norton <jrn at oregonhanggliding.com> (20040407
08:11):
> Does dovecot only provide access to mail for users in /etc/passwd? Or can
one setup email accounts for people that don't have accounts on the system (
in /etc/passwd )?
You can authenticate users with an LDAP, Mysql or PostgreSQL
server. There are examples in the source tarball and on the Wiki:
http://wiki.dovecot.org/

-- 
olive