On 29.11.2011, at 08:19, Rainer Frey wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wondering about the authentication listeners that dovecot uses. In many > configurations I see: > service auth { > unix_listener auth-userdb { > > Does any component of dovecot use this listener internally (lmtp, lda ...) > and does that read the config and search for the listener, or is the exact > name "auth-userdb" expected? Is this maybe dependent on the userdb? Which > ones need it? And if I want to use postfix SMTP auth, should I define a > second listener, or just re-configure that default one to postfix's needs?
I mean, specifically if I use ldaand/or lmtp as well ... Thanks Rainer