[Dovecot] best choice of user database file to work with postfix?

[Curtis Maloney]

On 04/22/10 00:58, Peter Hessler wrote:
> postfix:
>
> smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
> smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
>
>
> dovecot:
>
> auth default {
>    socket listen {
>      client {
>        path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>        user = _postfix
>        group = wheel
>        mode = 0660
>      }
>    }
> }
>
> Then configure your favorite auth mechanism for dovecot.  Let bake for 20
> minutes, add salt for taste.

I'll second this.

Why bother finding a file format that's compatible, when Postfix has 
built-in support for asking Dovecot to take care of it?

I've been running my own mail server this way for some time now...

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Curtis