[Dovecot] Plaintext Authentication from Localhost

[Villalovos, John L]

dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org wrote:
> I noticed that...
> 
> # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless
> # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that 127.*.*.* and
> # IPv6 ::1 addresses are considered secure, this setting has
> no effect if
> # you connect from those addresses.
> #disable_plaintext_auth = yes
> 
> ...was added to the latest release. Thanks Timo! This takes the
> localhost-SSL burden off. :) 

I just tried this with the updated RPM for Fedora Core 2.

With:

imap_listen = [::]
disable_plaintext_auth = yes

IMAP did NOT work from the local host.


Changing it to:

imap_listen = 127.0.0.1
disable_plaintext_auth = yes

Made it work for me.

Not sure if this is a known issue or not.

John