PMDF Installation Guide
Windows Edition

There are various contexts when users might need to authenticate themselves (supply a password). Some of these situations are:

• Using a POP or IMAP client to connect and read e-mail
• Setting up a personal mailbox filter
• Using SASL to send e-mail

PMDF supports performing authentication against various authentication sources, such as, system passwords, the PMDF password database, PMDF user profiles, PMDF MessageStore or PMDF popstore account profiles, or even an LDAP directory. The PMDF default (which allows authentication against any PMDF user profile, the PMDF password database, or system login passwords) is a good starting point for most sites. (See the PMDF System Manager's Guide for further information on PMDF authentication and security configuration.)