Re: Postfix + Dovecot and the purpose of LMTP

2016-01-06 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 06.01.2016 um 17:51 schrieb Dennis Steinkamp: > My first questions is, what are the benefits of letting Dovecot handle > mail delivery instead of the postfix mda? i.e dovecot and postfix may hosted at different places/servers, in real complex mail setups are used widely > If i go for the lmtp

Re: Postfix + Dovecot and the purpose of LMTP

2016-01-06 Thread Wietse Venema
The main difference is that with LMTP, Dovecot is in complete control over the message store: how messages are stored, how they are retrieved, per-user filters, per-user quotas, and so on. It makes a lot of sense to split the responsibilities of mail handling. (the use of LMTP instead of SMTP is

Re: Postfix + Dovecot and the purpose of LMTP

2016-01-06 Thread Dennis Steinkamp
Thank you very much Wietse and Robert. :) Dennis Am 06.01.2016 um 19:55 schrieb Wietse Venema: The main difference is that with LMTP, Dovecot is in complete control over the message store: how messages are stored, how they are retrieved, per-user filters, per-user quotas, and so on. It makes a