Encrypted passwords for Mail and Mysql

[Kermit]

This is a not trivial topic in fact. Anycase let me raise a hand for Ephigenie and RatS. There is a lot of very strange issues in some old releases of Postfix/Cyrus-SASL and PAM (often parts of the virtual-mail system) that prevent admins to use ecnrypted or hashed passwords.

I had the same problem on SuSE < 10.0: I built a self-configured virtual accounting system for my mail customers and there has been NO WAY to let Postfix/SASL read the passwords stored in other than plain-text.

Sad but true...

Anycase if MD5 works this could be a good boost to security and even privacy.
Thanks a lot!!!