[Dovecot] dovecot howto?

[Andy Howell]

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