you could try setting protocols in config file to disable (most) listeners. ---Aki TuomiDovecot oy -------- Original message --------From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw.ml at ithnet.com> Date: 03/11/2017 19:39 (GMT+02:00) To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot at dovecot.org> Subject: Re: dovecot-lda without starting dovecot? On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 19:30:22 +0200 Sami Ketola <sami.ketola at dovecot.fi> wrote:> > 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? > > SamiHello Sami, you did not read my first post. We are talking about a multihost installation where one host does SMTP and LDA, and the other does POP and IMAP (with dovecot). Now we want to use dovecot-lda for the local delivery _on the SMTP host_. So there is no need for open POP or IMAP ports and the corresponding running services. -- Regards, Stephan
>> >> 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 > > Hello Sami, > > you did not read my first post. We are talking about a multihost installation > where one host does SMTP and LDA, and the other does POP and IMAP (with > dovecot). Now we want to use dovecot-lda for the local delivery _on the SMTP > host_. So there is no need for open POP or IMAP ports and the corresponding > running services.Again that does not answer my question why? Why do you want all the locking problems and multi-access problems that come with setup like that? What is the actual problem that you are trying to solve? Sami
On 11/3/2017 4:57 PM, Sami Ketola wrote:>>> 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 >> Hello Sami, >> >> you did not read my first post. We are talking about a multihost installation >> where one host does SMTP and LDA, and the other does POP and IMAP (with >> dovecot). Now we want to use dovecot-lda for the local delivery _on the SMTP >> host_. So there is no need for open POP or IMAP ports and the corresponding >> running services. > Again that does not answer my question why? Why do you want all the locking problems > and multi-access problems that come with setup like that? What is the actual problem that > you are trying to solve? > > Sami >I think you have to run dovecot on the server receiving mails, just don't open imap/pop3 ports so users can't get there.? Then publish the other server as your imap/pop3 server.? Both servers probably should have the same setup for postfix and dovecot, but just kill the ports on the one that doesn't need it.? To run lda you're going to have to run dovecot on your mail relay.
On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 01:57:31 +0200 Sami Ketola <sami.ketola at dovecot.fi> wrote:> >> > >> 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 > > > > Hello Sami, > > > > you did not read my first post. We are talking about a multihost > > installation where one host does SMTP and LDA, and the other does POP and > > IMAP (with dovecot). Now we want to use dovecot-lda for the local delivery > > _on the SMTP host_. So there is no need for open POP or IMAP ports and the > > corresponding running services. > > Again that does not answer my question why? Why do you want all the locking > problems and multi-access problems that come with setup like that? What is > the actual problem that you are trying to solve? > > SamiReally, I can hardly believe you don't now large loadbalancing ISP setups with multiple nodes per single service ...? The simple problem: massive numbers of emails -- Regards, Stephan