[Dovecot] sendmail smtp auth using client socket

[Ken A]

EQX wrote:
> 
> Hi list
> 
> I searched the net, but could not find something related.
> 
> Is it possible to export the client socket to sendmail for smtp auth? 
> What would be the sendmail.mc configuration for this?
>    #client {
>       # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. 
> Typical use
>       # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups
>       # using it.
>       #path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>       #mode = 0660
>       #user = postfix
>       #group = postfix
>     #}
> 
> It can also be the other way round: can Dovecot use Cyrus SASL for user 
> authentication?

Through pam, if you set "MECH=pam" in sasl config.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/PAM

Ken

> 
> I need to use sendmail, ip based solutions like pop-before-smtp or 
> poprelay are not an option.
> 
> Thanks, Mike
>