Hello, I have a FC4 x64 server that I am configuring/testing.
It had dovecot 0.99 loaded after I did a yum update. That worked great with mbox, the passwd file, and test users in /home/users/username.
I would like to be able to authenticate virtual users by 'username@domain.com' and have them be able to use squirrelmail or Outlook/Outlook Express to access their email. Users have no reason to have a login (shell) account on this machine. I also would like to use the maildir format for performance.
I also have hundreds of users currently on a RH9 mail server using qpopper in mbox format, hashed mail spool.
Questions: 1)Is a mysql database the best way to support "user@domain.com" email users? (they don't have any reason for a shell account on this machine)
2)What version of dovecot should I be using? I prefer RPMs and at http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-February/011467.html I found http://fedora.ivazquez.net/yum/4/x86_64/RPMS.alternatives/dovecot-1.0-0.iva.... I installed this and then configured procmail for maildir delivery. I configured dovecot-sql.conf for mysql driver...but the mysql driver does not appear to be compiled in this rpm.
3)Anyone have any general tips on how to configure such a beast?
Thanks, Curt