Date:  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:51:51 -0500
From:  Brent Epp <brent (at mark) pdcweb.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:09580] Re: Dovecot/POP3 Flood
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That's what I wanted to know.  Now that I have a grounding on what it 
is, I can learn further about it.

Thanks Paul & Brian!

At 2007-04-15 13:31, you wrote:
>>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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Brent Epp
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