KMail from many platforms

[Sylviane et Perry White]

On Thursday 03 January 2008 20:33, Derek Broughton wrote:
> >> it's all pam based, and if the mail user has a linux account, that
> >> should be used.
> >
> > Not sure I understand.
>
> Exactly what I said.  It's _pam_ based.  There shouldn't even _be_
> an /etc/dovecot/passwd file.  Dovecot is practically installed complete
> when you apt-get it - the only thing I can think of that has to be modified
> is to actually enable the imap service.  If you have a passwd file, you've
> been messing too much with the config.
Thanks, I'll have a look into that.

I'll never know if that much messing was a resut of attempting to download 
sources not tailored for Kubbuntu (remember,  "adept-installer is the stupid
little brother"), or only of my complete ignorance about those topics.

Now at least I feel I can experiment.
Cheers		Perry
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