[Dovecot] Replacing qmail + vpopmail with: sendmail + dovecot.

[Oliver Schulze L.]

Hi David,
thanks for your email.

It would be nice if you have a working dovecot.m4 for sendmail that
is different from the one in the wiki. Could you please post your .m4 file?

Also, do you use the dovecot deliver LDA ? Have your chmod u+s it?

Thanks
Oliver

David Robillard wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I wonder if it posible to replace qmail + vpopmail with sendmail + 
>> dovecot?
>>
>> The idea is like this:
>> - use sendmail + milter API to filter spam/virus and deliver the 
>> email to
>>  the dovevot MDA (LDA)
>> - dovecot should save the email to the directory as specified in the
>> vpopmail DB
>> - maintain the vpopmail BD (users + passwd)
>> - use dovecot pop3/imap for the clients
>> - use sendmail again to receive the email from the pop3/imap users and
>>  deliver the email to the internet as usual.
>>
>> Anyone has done this? It is posible in the paper, in the real world?
>
> Hi Oliver,
>
> We run sendmail + dovecot on FreeBSD for around 3500 users. It runs
> smooth. We also run two other FreeBSD machines with Sophos PureMessage
> for Anti-SPAM and Anti-Virus cleanup which is linked via sendmail's
> milter.
>
> You're going to need Procmail to link sendmail and dovecot for local
> mail delivery to the user's mbox or Maildir, which ever you prefer.
> We're using Maildir here to serve both IMAP over SSL and POP3 over
> SSL.
>
> If you need any help in the setup of sendmail + procmail + dovecot,
> just tell me.
>
> Of course, if you're more experienced with Postfix, then use it. IMHO
> it's not as flexible as sendmail. But YMMV.
>
> Have fun,
>
> David

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