dovecot - Dec 2008 - dovecot howto?

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
     }
   }
}

On 12/10/2008, Olaf Zaplinski (oz at tuxfriends.net)
wrote:
> 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.
Dovecot is much simpler than cyrus, so if you can do cyrus, you should
be able to handle dovecot...

But, it will help if you will follow the troubleshooting instructions:

http://wiki.dovecot.org/#head-8d40952a271a60d8d053be1068b515278c438c07
> What really would help me is a dovecot lmtp server. Is there any?
Doevecot's LDA doesn't currently support lmtp...

-- 

Best regards,

Charles Marcus
I.T. Director
Media Brokers International
678.514.6200 x224
678.514.6299 fax

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 at domain.

WBR
Dmitri Ivanov