Pascal Volk schrieb:
On 01/06/2010 02:15 PM Thomas Wolf wrote:
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The package "dovecot-postfix" installs and uses dovecot-postfix.conf but
unfortunately also puts the default dovecot.conf in /etc/dovecot
(driving everyone crazy who blindly follows howtos editing
dovecot.conf). Highly recommended to remove/rename dovecot.conf in this
configuration.
And there is big fat warning at the top of the unbuntus's dovecot.conf
file:
# ------------------------------ WARNING -------------------------------
# If there's a file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.conf, which is part of
# dovecot-postfix package, it will be used instead of dovecot.conf.
# Keep in mind that, if that file exist, none of the changes in
# /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf will have effect on dovecot's configuration.
# In that case you should customize /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.conf.
# ------------------------------ WARNING -------------------------------
Further more, the file /usr/share/doc/dovecot-postfix/README.Debian
contains:
"dovecot's init script checks existance of /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.conf
and if that file exists, it reads it instead of /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf."
Sorry, but I really can't understand, why the most unbuntu users seems
to be unable to read AND understand so simple written documentation. :(
I agree (that's why i wrote "..who *blindly* follows howtos").
Nevertheless, renaming /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf helps troubleshooting
while using dovecot-postfix (forgetting -c when using deliver elsewhere
for example)
Thomas
