[Dovecot] convert config from 1.1.2_1 to 1.1.16
Hi,
Im tryin to follow a guide, telling me howto setup freebsd with postfix and dovecot.
The text in bold (first section), is what the guide says, and the text that follows is what the /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf files says.
Can you please help me on how to convert from the 1.1.2_1 setup to the correct configuration for the 1.1.16?
/ Thank you very much.
*socket listen { client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } * socket listen { master { # Master socket provides access to userdb information. It's typically # used to give Dovecot's local delivery agent access to userdb so it # can find mailbox locations. path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0600 # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root) #user = #group = } client { # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical use # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups # using it. path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0660 }
On 8/8/2009 5:30 AM, Ebbe Hjorth wrote:
Hi,
Im tryin to follow a guide, telling me howto setup freebsd with postfix and dovecot.
You'd be much better off following the official dovecot documentation:
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Best regards,
Charles
Hi,
Thank you for you reply.
That might be so, but im totally new to dovecot, so while im learning its nice to have a guide to follow. And i have read a lot on the wiki, and it gives me a million options, but it doesnt tell me what or which to use or need, so thats why im on the guide.
/ Ebbe
2009/8/8 Charles Marcus <CMarcus@media-brokers.com>
On 8/8/2009 5:30 AM, Ebbe Hjorth wrote:
Hi,
Im tryin to follow a guide, telling me howto setup freebsd with postfix and dovecot.
You'd be much better off following the official dovecot documentation:
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Best regards,
Charles
On 8/8/2009, Ebbe Hjorth (ebbe.hjorth@gmail.com) wrote:
That might be so, but im totally new to dovecot, so while im learning its nice to have a guide to follow. And i have read a lot on the wiki, and it gives me a million options, but it doesnt tell me what or which to use or need, so thats why im on the guide.
That may be so, but %RandmonGuide% on the internet is notorious for having missing/wrong information in it, causing you all kinds of problems you wouldn't have had had you simply used the official documentation.
Start with one of the HowTo's/Examples/Tutorials on the official site that most closely fits your desired install, get your system up and running, work through any problems that you can using the official docs, then come here and ask specific questions for any problems you can't seem to get past. The help here is the best I've seen on any open source project, so you won't have any problem finding correct answers/solutions.
Also, you would be well advised to start with the latest stable release (currently 1.2.3), and always provide essential info, like config details (dovecot -n output), full logs exhibiting problem, etc...
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Best regards,
Charles
On 8/8/2009, Charles Marcus (CMarcus@Media-Brokers.com) wrote:
Start with one of the HowTo's/Examples/Tutorials on the official site that most closely fits your desired install,
Sorry, meant to include a link:
http://wiki.dovecot.org/#HOWTOs.2C_examples_and_tutorials
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Best regards,
Charles
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009, Charles Marcus wrote:
On 8/8/2009, Charles Marcus (CMarcus@Media-Brokers.com) wrote:
Start with one of the HowTo's/Examples/Tutorials on the official site that most closely fits your desired install,
Sorry, meant to include a link:
I'll second that - I just had a look through a number of those yesterday and there is some excellent information there. The whole wiki is actually very well maintained. I also found some really horrible distro-specific guides elsewhere - short on theory, long on cut-n-paste config.
I think one of the biggest stumbling blocks for someone new to any sort of "virtual user" setup is seeing the big picture and figuring out that the imap server is actually the base for everything else since it handles the authentication and delivery chores. Your MTA ends up querying dovecot for auth, and both pieces share a db table for determining which domains to accept mail for and where home directories live. It's simple once you have it down, but the initial task of putting it all together can be daunting.
Charles
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Best regards,
Charles
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Charles Marcus
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Charles Sprickman
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Ebbe Hjorth