Those 2 links are too much. Go here: http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo
And here: http://www.linuxmail.info/ <--- Dovecot + postfix That's all you need. On 12/10/08 11:49 AM, "Andy Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >