Hello Regan, I am using LDAP to store users and passwords.
I will try your setup, I think it could work! On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Regan Yelcich <[email protected]>wrote: > I've got a working setup very similar to this. > > You want to setup server C as a proxy to B. Server B also needs to have > Dovecot IMAP running on it so it has something to proxy to = IMAP <PROXY> > IMAP > > I'm using MySQL as the backend for Dovecot, so depending on how you're > setup this should give you the basic idea anyway. > > In your dovecot.conf file on Server C you just need to specify a Proxy as > part of the password_query... > > password_query = \ > SELECT \ > password \ > ,username AS user \ > ,'y' as proxy \ > ,'<IP ADDRESS OF B>' as host \ > FROM \ > mailbox \ > WHERE \ > username = '%u' \ > AND active='1' > > > > On 22/10/2013, at 8:48 AM, Charles Marcus wrote: > > > On 2013-10-21 3:23 PM, Reymer Antonio Vargas Solano < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> At my university we are trying to implement a distributed email backend, > >> but I have some troubles, > >> > >> The topology: > >> > >> Server A: Postfix+LMTP # MTA > >> Server B: Dovecot+LMTP # Just mailboxes > >> Server C: Dovecot # POP3/IMAP > >> > >> Right now the Server A can leave a received email to the Server B, but I > >> don't know how to communicate Server C to the Server B to retrieve the > >> emails. > >> > >> I think that we should use IMAP protocol, but I am confused about how to > >> connect them, I don't know if we have to use a proxy IMAP server, or > >> another thing. > >
