[Dovecot] convert config from 1.1.2_1 to 1.1.16

[Charles Sprickman]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2009, Charles Marcus wrote:

> On 8/8/2009, Charles Marcus (CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com) wrote:
>> Start with one of the HowTo's/Examples/Tutorials on the official site
>> that most closely fits your desired install,
>
> Sorry, meant to include a link:
>
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/#HOWTOs.2C_examples_and_tutorials

I'll second that - I just had a look through a number of those yesterday 
and there is some excellent information there.  The whole wiki is actually 
very well maintained.  I also found some really horrible distro-specific 
guides elsewhere - short on theory, long on cut-n-paste config.

I think one of the biggest stumbling blocks for someone new to any sort of 
"virtual user" setup is seeing the big picture and figuring out that the 
imap server is actually the base for everything else since it handles the 
authentication and delivery chores.  Your MTA ends up querying dovecot for 
auth, and both pieces share a db table for determining which domains to 
accept mail for and where home directories live.  It's simple once you 
have it down, but the initial task of putting it all together can be 
daunting.

Charles

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> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>