Why does dovecot add SHA512-CRYPT to the crypt string if $6$ already indicates that it's sha512 crypt format?

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The same is true for other password schemes. As far as I understand Dovecot only supports crypt(3) (the C library) anyway.



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    The same is true for other password schemes. As far as I understand Dovecot only supports crypt(3) (the C library) anyway.



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      The same is true for other password schemes. As far as I understand Dovecot only supports crypt(3) (the C library) anyway.



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      The same is true for other password schemes. As far as I understand Dovecot only supports crypt(3) (the C library) anyway.



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