Olaf Zaplinski wrote:

Hi,

is there a *simple* HOWTO that explains a simple postfix+dovecot setup? Up to now, I used postfix+cyrus, worked fine. But I do not get postfix+dovecot to work. Currently, all emails go to /dev/null.

What really would help me is a dovecot lmtp server. Is there any?

Regards Olaf

postfix main.cf:

# -- delivery options # local_recipient_maps = virtual_alias_maps = btree:/etc/postfix/virtual alias_maps = btree:/etc/postfix/aliases alias_database = btree:/etc/postfix/aliases # mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver mailbox_transport = dovecot

postfix master.cf:

dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${recipient}

dovecot.conf:

mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%u namespace private { separator = '/' inbox = yes }

auth default { mechanisms = cram-md5 plain verbose = yes passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot/passwd } userdb static { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%u } socket listen { client { # Assuming the default Postfix $queue_directory setting path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 # Assuming the default Postfix user and group user = postfix group = postfix } } }

Olaf,

I'm quite new to both postfix and dovecot. This probably does not qualify as "simple" but I found this link helpful:

http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch/

Another useful one:

http://www200.pair.com/mecham/spam/spamfilter20061118.html

Regards,

Andy

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:08:31PM +0100, Olaf Zaplinski wrote:

I have maildrop between dovecot and postfix but doesn't matter:

postfix main.cf:

# -- delivery options # local_recipient_maps =

So not use users from /etc/passwd and

virtual_mailbox_domains = <list of my domains or database with it> mydestination =

virtual_alias_maps = btree:/etc/postfix/virtual alias_maps = btree:/etc/postfix/aliases alias_database = btree:/etc/postfix/aliases

I think last two lines not for virtual, but for system users, so use virtual_alias_maps instead

# mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver mailbox_transport = dovecot

virtual_transport = dovecot

As far as I understand postfix also need to know users/mailboxes. So there must be: virtual_mailbox_maps = type:database

with database key equal to mailbox name and value with something (virtual from postfix distribution wants path to mailbox/maildir). mailbox name is user@domain.

WBR Dmitri Ivanov