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

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...

-- Curtis