[Dovecot] feature question: local delivery from SMTP

[Veiko Kukk]

Phil Howard wrote:
> Does Dovecot really need a separate MTA for inbound mail?

Why do you thing it might need?

> Or can it receive
> SMTP directly if there is no forwarding to do?  What about spam/virus
> filtering in that case?

Dovecot has nothing to do with smtp. You need MTA like postfix or exim 
to deliver mail to mbox/maildir. Then dovecot can show those mailboxes 
to client.

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Veiko