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      <title>Postfix - Auth Dovecot Backend</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;main.cf file Postfix related parametes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre tabindex=&#34;0&#34; style=&#34;color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-fallback&#34; data-lang=&#34;fallback&#34;&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;dovecot.conf file Dovecot related parameters:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre tabindex=&#34;0&#34; style=&#34;color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-fallback&#34; data-lang=&#34;fallback&#34;&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt; auth default {
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;  mechanisms = plain login
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;[&amp;hellip;removed irrelevance parameters&amp;hellip;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;pre tabindex=&#34;0&#34; style=&#34;color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-gdscript3&#34; data-lang=&#34;gdscript3&#34;&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt; socket listen {
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;    client {
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;      path &lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;color:#66d9ef&#34;&gt;var&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;spool&lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;postfix&lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;private&lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;auth
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;      mode &lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&#34;color:#ae81ff&#34;&gt;0660&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;      user &lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; postfix
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;      group &lt;span style=&#34;color:#f92672&#34;&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; postfix
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;    }
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;display:flex;&#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;  }
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>main.cf file Postfix related parametes:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span>smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>dovecot.conf file Dovecot related parameters:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span> auth default {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  mechanisms = plain login
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>[&hellip;removed irrelevance parameters&hellip;]</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-gdscript3" data-lang="gdscript3"><span style="display:flex;"><span> socket listen {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    client {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>      path <span style="color:#f92672">=</span> <span style="color:#f92672">/</span><span style="color:#66d9ef">var</span><span style="color:#f92672">/</span>spool<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>postfix<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>private<span style="color:#f92672">/</span>auth
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>      mode <span style="color:#f92672">=</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">0660</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>      user <span style="color:#f92672">=</span> postfix
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>      group <span style="color:#f92672">=</span> postfix
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    }
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  }
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>}
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