Re: Dovecot, Postfix and Dovecot LDA (LMTP) delivery

[Nikolaos Milas]

I'm asking trying to learn:






And I wonder:

  1. Can't this be done also with Dovecot LDA?
  2. Apart from that ability, what else should we take into account
     when planning the use of LDA vs LMTP ? Could someone suggest when
     an administrator should prefer either solution, in terms of
     performance, scalability, functionality etc.?





Thanks,
Nick


On 6/3/2011 4:16 μμ, Remy Zandwijk wrote:

Is there a benefit of using LMTP for local delivery when using Dovecot? Why not use Dovecot LDA (without using LMTP)? In Postfix documentation, I've read about lmtp that "The advantage of this setup is that one Postfix machine can feed multiple mailbox servers over LMTP. The opposite is true as well: one mailbox server can be fed over LMTP by multiple Postfix machines." I've tried to find such info, but I haven't been able to locate adequate details. (My environment is virtual vs the one described in this thread which uses local accounts, but that may be a secondary matter.)

Due to obvious reasons I want to switch to Dovecot LDA delivery, through LMTP.

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