[Dovecot] Configure Dovecot For IMAP Only?
I've install Dovecot 2.0.11-1 on my Linux server and all the guides and tutorials I've found on Google don't work since I'm running 2.x and it seems most guides were done with 1.x. I've opened up the configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf & from what I can see, this is all I could come up with:
protocols = imap listen = * base_dir = /var/run/dovecot login_greeting = Server ready. mail_location = maildir:~/mail
I obviously want / need IMAP4 access ONLY and not POP3. I've got only 12 local Linux shell users and all authentication is done by I think PAM. My friend sent me his configuration file to see if it would work on Dovecot 2.x however I don't think it does:
auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:~/mail passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-client { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/key.pem userdb { driver = passwd } #protocol imap { # imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep #}
Can anyone please tell me what I need to add to get this very basic IMAP server up and running?
On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 13:20 -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I've install Dovecot 2.0.11-1 on my Linux server and all the guides and tutorials I've found on Google don't work since I'm running 2.x and it seems most guides were done with 1.x.
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Can anyone please tell me what I need to add to get this very basic IMAP server up and running?
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Kendall Shaw <kshaw@kendallshaw.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 13:20 -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I've install Dovecot 2.0.11-1 on my Linux server and all the guides and tutorials I've found on Google don't work since I'm running 2.x and it seems most guides were done with 1.x.
...
Can anyone please tell me what I need to add to get this very basic IMAP server up and running?
I did see that and I guess I don't really see a template for parameters needed in the configuration. Is there nothing on the Wiki or anywhere that I could just use as a configuration file template? My old 1.x config was very small and simple:
auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:~/mail passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-client { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } ssl_cert = </some/dir/cert.pem ssl_key = </some/dir/key.pem userdb { driver = passwd } #protocol imap { # imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep
I just had users authenticating via PAM, using TLS, and connecting on IMAP only. The Wiki gives great info but doesn't help me generate a dovecot.conf file from what I can see. It does a great job of explaining all possible scenarios for many platforms. Is my configuration above not correct for Dovecot 2.0.11?
The Upgrading page has lots of information on this, and the "doveconf" command listed at the very top of that page worked great for me to create a new dovecot.conf. It produces lots of commentary to help sort things out.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0
On 3/23/2011 3:21 PM, Carlos Mennens wrote:
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Kendall Shaw<kshaw@kendallshaw.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 13:20 -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I've install Dovecot 2.0.11-1 on my Linux server and all the guides and tutorials I've found on Google don't work since I'm running 2.x and it seems most guides were done with 1.x.
...
Can anyone please tell me what I need to add to get this very basic IMAP server up and running?
I did see that and I guess I don't really see a template for parameters needed in the configuration. Is there nothing on the Wiki or anywhere that I could just use as a configuration file template? My old 1.x config was very small and simple:
auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:~/mail passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-client { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } ssl_cert =</some/dir/cert.pem ssl_key =</some/dir/key.pem userdb { driver = passwd } #protocol imap { # imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep
I just had users authenticating via PAM, using TLS, and connecting on IMAP only. The Wiki gives great info but doesn't help me generate a dovecot.conf file from what I can see. It does a great job of explaining all possible scenarios for many platforms. Is my configuration above not correct for Dovecot 2.0.11?
On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 15:21 -0400, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I did see that and I guess I don't really see a template for parameters needed in the configuration.
There is doc/example-config/ distributed with sources.
My old 1.x config was very small and simple:
Looks fine, just keep it.
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Carlos Mennens
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Kendall Shaw
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Timo Sirainen
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Tom Talpey