Hello. I have a linux system (Ubuntu 7.04 server edition) running as a mail server with Postfix. SMTP authentication is not configured so users have to be connected to the lan to download/send mails. I?m considering on enabling SMTP authentication and i have heard that by installing Dovecot i can do this pretty straight forward. First of all, some details about how the mail server is configured: - Running Linux OS Ubuntu 7.04 - Currently running Postfix version 2.3.8 - No virtual users or domains . Every system user has a mail account (to create a new mail account i have to create a new system user. I belive this is called PAM, right?). According to postfix?s website the version of postfix i have supports Dovecot 1.0 SASL protocol. What would happen if i try to install Dovecot through apt-get?. I mean, i most definitely get a version of Dovecot above 1.0. Would my postfix still support it?. Before posting this i have posted on the postifx mailing list and they have to told me that after installing Dovecot i don?t need to configure it as a pop/iamp server. How would i accomplish this?. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Diego.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1> > - Running Linux OS Ubuntu 7.04 > - Currently running Postfix version 2.3.8 > - No virtual users or domains . Every system user has a mail account > (to > create a new mail account i have to create a new system user. I > belive this > is called PAM, right?).Just follow the directions in the HOWTOs. Just so you know, I used to do this on my server running Mac OS X with Postfix 2.3 and Dovecot 1.0.7. Last weekend, I upgraded my server to a new machine running FreeBSD, Postfix 2.5, and Dovecot 1.0.x and then 1.1. My config files moved over with no hitches. The Dovecot upgrade required me to change one parameter name in the config file, but once I found that on the wiki, it was all flawless. I would be more informative if I'd ever done it on Linux. Jon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Universal 2.6.3 Charset: US-ASCII wj8DBQFIwC/7sTedWZOD3gYRAuuTAKDfXiJTYDosEoT7JriuOreD80r5vgCgwLvl 1jh60g1V+Ox1nA5Lg/j/iqg=lxtT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----