On 11/26/05 4:08 AM, "Nataraj S Narayan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi friends
> 
> I am still a novice.
> 
> I am shifting from postfix to postfix/dbmail.
> 
> I hv installed dbmail-2.0.7 and postfix  2.2.5 (compiled with sasl2).
> 
> Why should I have both posftfix waiting on port 25 and dbmail-lmtp
> waiting on port 24?

SMTP protocol is how mail is exchanged on the internet.

LMTP is for internal use, such as delivery of received mails.


> 
> Should'nt dbmail-lmtp take over fully?

No.  dbmail-lmtp is merely a conduit for Postfix to deliver mail into
dbmail.  dbmail then handles actual mailbox delivery.

> 
> Also postfix responds to smtp commands and accepts mails
> , but lmtp doesnt.
> 
> #telnet localhost 24   gets struck.

What do you mean, "gets struck"?

list your dbmail.conf file, please.

> 
> regards
> 
> Nataraj
> 
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