dovecot - May 2013 - auth with passwd file , doublepoint in paasword

Hi, does anyone know
if a doublepoint : is in the password how it gets escaped

when using

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile

Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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At 10PM +0200 on 22/05/13 you (Robert Schetterer) wrote:
> Hi, does anyone know
> if a doublepoint : is in the password how it gets escaped
> 
> when using
> 
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile
I don't think it can be; that is, I don't think any of the fields can
contain a colon if you're using passwd-file.

Surely a password would usually be crypted, and so cannot contain a
colon?

Ben