Date:  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:31:16 -0400
From:  "Brian N. Smith" <brian (at mark) nuonce.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:09579] Re: Dovecot/POP3 Flood
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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>I like to follow along here so I can learn from others' 
>experiences...just what are dovecot and pam?

Dovecot is the POP/IMAP Server
PAM is Linux's Plugable Authentication Module.  It is a means of 
authentication.  It isn't a database of any type, just a way the 
applications (Sendmail, FTP, POP) authentication against the system.

Hope that helps!
Brian 


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