Authentication via Remote IMAP Server (imap)

Driver Settings

host=<hostspec>

IP address or hostname. Allows Config variables (e.g. host=imap.%d).

port=<port>

Port number of the remote server.

username=<template>

The default is %u.

ssl=<imaps|starttls>

The SSL method to use.

ssl_ca_dir=<path>

ssl_ca_file=<path>

allow_invalid_cert=<yes|no>

Whether to allow authentication even if the certificate isn't trusted.

rawlog_dir=<path>

Example

Authenticates users against remote IMAP server in IP address 192.168.1.123:

passdb {
  driver = imap
  args = host=192.168.1.123
}