Am 05.04.20 um 13:53 schrieb Claas Kähler:
> Dear David,
> 
> do your self a favor and run! Do not use DBMail! 
> Once the idea was great, but there has been no (visible) progress for
> years now! 

which is one of the biggest problems

> The community is dying and Harald's reaction to your request
> also suggests that there is no interest in attracting new people to the
> project.

for now at least not users without basic knowledge

> Instead, I would recommend you to use e.g. plain Postfix

this is nonsense

postfix is a MTA and has *ntohing* in common with dbmail, it's *part* a
dbmail setup to make it a full mailserver

>> Am 03.04.2020 um 21:21 schrieb David in Denver <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>
>> Installing 3.2.3 on debian 9, postgres 9.6.17
>>
>> WHY WHY WHY! is the documentation STILL so incomplete?  Why hasn't
>> anyone put a COMPLETE minimum working example of master.cf, main.cf,
>> sql-recipients.cf, sql-virtual_mailbox_domains.cf,
>> sql-virtual_mailbox_maps.cf, and pg_hba.conf?  I've looked and can't
>> find anything for 3.2.3 -- oh, there's stuff out there that is
>> outdated by a decade, but nothing current that I can find.
>>
>> Do you have to start the imapd or other services, or do they start on
>> their own? what's the difference if I use ldap vs. sql as a driver?
>>  if I use pgsql as a hash to the postgres tables, does that mean I
>> should use ldap as the hash instead?  chroot default changed to yes
>> from no, does that mean the smtp line needs to be changed or the
>> dbmail-lmtp line at the end of master.cf?
>>
>> What's this 'compatability' line?  set at 2? What does that mean, oh,
>> look, no documentation.  If I'm using old config files from version 2,
>> should it be changed to something else?
>>
>> Why isn't there an install script that downloads installs and
>> configures postfix, postgresql and dbmail (or other combinations)?
>>  Millions of man-hours to write awesome software, loads of
>> documentation, and as nebulous and unusable as ever.  This is the
>> reason people don't want to migrate away from Microsuck operating systems.
>>
>> RE: 3.2.3/INSTALL, part 2.  ..."Edit the dbmail.conf file and set
>> everything to your likings."  What? what does that mean?  Why not
>> provide a MWE of what dbmail.conf should look like and explain
>> anything that shouldn't be left default.
>>
>> In my case, I can't insert users using dbmail-users; and you don't
>> have any troubleshooting FAQs on your website or on the Install docs.
>>  Maybe, because of my frustration over this, I've missed something,
>> but I've spent 3 whole days on this ONE issue.  Someone (group) really
>> needs to work on an install script.
>>
>> I need to be put back on the mail server.

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