dovecot-lda without starting dovecot?

[Sami Ketola]

> On 3 Nov 2017, at 18.23, Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw.ml at ithnet.com> wrote:
> Hello Aki,
> 
> let me explain this a bit more. We do not intend to use only some copied
> binary. Of course we would do a full installation of dovecot and pidgeonhole,
> only we question if it is necessary to start the dovecot init-file bringing up
> the dovecot imap/imap-login/pop/pop-login/auth and other processes.
> Indeed we have virtual users.


While it might be possible to disable all the other services except master I must ask why?
How would the users be accessing their mails then?

Sami