Hi,
Im configuring sendmail with dovecot for virtual users using password file and file for user name. on centos.
dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5
sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5
dovecot –n
# 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf
base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/
log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log
info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log
ssl_disable: yes
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
default_mail_env: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n
mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n
mail_debug: yes
mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3
auth default:
verbose: yes
debug: yes
debug_passwords: yes
passdb:
driver:passwd-file
args:/etc/dovecot/passwd
userdb:
driver:passwd-file
args:/etc/dovecot/users
socket:
type: listen
master:
path:/var/run/dovecot/auth-master
mode: 384
user: root
group: rootI have also added dovecot LDA for sendmail
/usr/share/sendmail-cf/mailer/dovecot.m4
######################*****##############
### DOVECOT Mailer
specification
###
##################*****##################
Mdovecot,
P=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver, F=DFMPhnu9,S=EnvFromSMTP/HdrFromSMTP,
R=EnvToSMTP/HdrFromSMTP,T=DNS/RFC822/X-Unix,A=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d
$u
And also
[root@host1 mail]# cat /etc/mail/mailertable
example.com
dovecot:dovecot
however when im sending email to the virtual user im getting this error,
Apr 19 20:52:13 host1 sendmail[22311]: q3JHqDAR022309: to=jamal@example.com, ctladdr=root@host1.bigmama.com (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=dovecot, pri=120292, relay=dovecot, dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: dovecot mailer (/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver) exited with EX_TEMPFAIL
Dovecot LDA can’t deliver the mail to the user!!!