[Dovecot] Virtual Users

[Gerard Seibert]

Dovecot 1.0.rc7
Postfix 2.4-20061006
FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE

I have dovecot up and running with postfix. I now want to switch over to
a system using purely virtual users. I have gotten postfix configured to
deliver the mail to virtual mailboxes correctly.

The problem I am having is with dovecot. After configuring the
dovecot.conf file, dovecot will POP mail from the virtual mailboxes.
However, that is only for users who are in the /etc/password file. I
will have a large number of users who are truly virtual and therefore
not be in that file.

I know I am dumb, but I do not know how to set up either a MySQL data
base, or just a plain flat file with the required information. I tried
Googling, but I cannot find the exact syntax to use.

Perhaps someone could point me in the right direction or give me a brief
example of how to go about this.

Thanks!


-- 
Gerard

"It is not the OS's job to stop you from shooting your foot. If you so
choose to do so, then it is OS's job to deliver Mr. Bullet to Mr Foot in
the most efficient way it knows."