dovecot - Dec 2022 - What do I do with the ".ext?"

dovecot 2.3.15
opensuse LEAP 15.4

  I am installing dovecot and have postfix as the SMTP agent. It also needs to
use a MySQL database. In </etc/dovecot> there is the main dovecot.conf
file, and
a number of other files with the extension ".conf.ext."
  It is not clear how to use these. I could nothing in the documentation that
discusses it.
  Do I copy one, say dovecot-sql.conf.ext, modify it:
- rename the copy without the ".ext?"
- or move the copy to the "conf.d" directory, with or without the
"ext?"

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James Moe
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520.743.3936
Think.

On December 17, 2022 5:09:55 AM GMT+02:00, James Moe <moe.james at
sma-inc.us> wrote:
>dovecot 2.3.15
>opensuse LEAP 15.4
>
>  I am installing dovecot and have postfix as the SMTP agent. It also needs
to
>use a MySQL database. In </etc/dovecot> there is the main dovecot.conf
file, and
>a number of other files with the extension ".conf.ext."
>  It is not clear how to use these. I could nothing in the documentation
that
>discusses it.
>  Do I copy one, say dovecot-sql.conf.ext, modify it:
>- rename the copy without the ".ext?"
>- or move the copy to the "conf.d" directory, with or without the
"ext?"
>
Hi!

Please see
https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/authentication/sql/#authentication-sql
how to use these.

Aki