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(from Discourse) add Dovecot SASL to Exim docs
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Description
### Page URL
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/mail-services/install-exim4/
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- [ ] I found the information, but it was incorrect
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### Issue Description
Reported [via Discourse](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/install-and-configure-exim4/11530/4?u=sally-makin):
It might be helpful to add Dovecot SASL to the Exim SMTP authentication documentation. It would be especially useful for people with Dovecot installed already, negating the need for saslauthd to be installed and configured.
The default Exim configuration already has commented lines for it:
```
# dovecot_plain_server:
# driver = dovecot
# public_name = PLAIN
# server_socket = /var/spool/exim4/dovecot.auth-client
# server_set_id = $auth1
# .ifndef AUTH_SERVER_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS
# server_advertise_condition = ${if eq{$tls_in_cipher}{}{}{*}}
# .endif
```
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Research direction
Start with the Exim installation page at https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/mail-services/install-exim4/ and review the linked Discourse report. Use the commented Dovecot SASL configuration shown in the issue as context; done means the page documents this option clearly for users who already have Dovecot installed.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100