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Dovecot : disable_plaintext_auth = no

miklosmiklos Member

Hi.
I saw many dovecot and postfix tutorial and i see from 5 tutorials use 3 times
disable_plaintext_auth = no
and my eng not the best what is this plain text auth? like
mechanisms = plain login
( login is database linux user logins that ok)
can anyone tell me?

Thanks

Comments

  • coolicecoolice Member
    edited August 2015

    login in unsecure with plain text... install / generate SSL and disable it

  • When SSL is enabled, there's no use using crypted logins, that's the logic here.

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