On 08-04-2013 22:39, Matthias Hofer wrote:
Hi altogether,
I am switching from dbmail 2.2 to dovecot 2.1.7, and I was able to do
a successful transition of IMAP. But I
had a very hard time with receiving mail, and in the end -- after
loads of reading and debugging -- I broke
down and failed. This is why I am asking you for your kind help.
I only have virtual users and have set
mail_uid = dovemail
mail_gid = dovemail
For authentication, I simply use (for now) a flat file:
passdb {
driver = passwd-file
args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/mypasswd.file
}
# cat /etc/dovecot/mypasswd.file
user1:{PLAIN}userpw1
user2:{PLAIN}userpw2
user3:{PLAIN}userpw3
And everything works fine with IMAP. I am completely domain-agnostic
here.
But I was not able to use this fine setup to receive mails with my
postfix. I tried about 13 different
configurations, some with considerable changes dovecot-config, the
passwd-file or postfix, but I could not
find a single variant working.
In this situation, I would be very happy if somebody could give me a
hint, which would be the prudent way to
configure dovecot, LDA/LMTP and postfix based on the setup above.
Thank you very much in advance, and have a great time,
Matthias Hofer
I suppose your postfix is in working state. Note that you do not need
dovecot
to deliver mail with postfix. But it is a good idea. To deliver using
dovecot-lda
my postfix main.cf contains
mail_spool_directory = /Mail/
mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f "$SENDER"
-a "$RECIPIENT"
