Re: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Peer Heinlein
Am 25.06.2016 um 21:52 schrieb "Jan Büren": >> I've been trying to obtain an English copy of the Dovecot book for months, >> prior to starting this project. So far, I just can't find a copy. It's >> too >> bad that the author/publisher won't do a second printing or, if they're >> not >> interes

RE: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Noel Butler
On 26/06/2016 02:39, Michael Fox wrote: The most crucial difference is that LDA is intended for delivering email to a *real* user. Aki Thanks Aki. Pardon my ignorance, but why does it matter? In other words, what is it that makes LDA better for a *real* user and LMTP better for a virtual u

RE: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Michael Fox
> imho wiki is the way to go to be up2date with information, else it would > make more sense to make more informative man pages in dovecot, that will > never be outdated I agree that the wiki is useful and important. It just doesn't have any depth regarding the "why" and "how" part of the equatio

Re: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Benny Pedersen
On 2016-06-25 23:56, Michael Fox wrote: Peer: Is there any way to get an English copy of your book? imho wiki is the way to go to be up2date with information, else it would make more sense to make more informative man pages in dovecot, that will never be outdated that sayed i am intrested

RE: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Michael Fox
Thanks again Jan. I appear to have basic LMTP working now (messages are delivered to virtual mailboxes of valid recipients and non-existent recipients are rejected). Cool. Still lots more work to do. But I think I could really use the Dovecot book. I find the wiki to be lacking in explanation.

RE: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Jan Büren
Hi Michael, we´ll actually the author is reading this list as well. Maybe he can help out here (cc). As far as I know went the publisher bancrupt and that´s why currently further prints and next books are delayed. @Peer: Anyway, is there a english copy? More or less I am refering to the chapter LM

Re: Looking for NTLM config example

2016-06-25 Thread Mark Foley
I've asked this several times over the past year with essentially zero responses. I'll keep it simple: Does NTLM authentication work in Dovecot? I'll post this one last time. If I still have no responses I'll have to conclude that no one has actually tried this authentication method and it ther

RE: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Michael Fox
> The most crucial difference is that LDA is intended for delivering email > to a *real* user. > > Aki Thanks Aki. Pardon my ignorance, but why does it matter? In other words, what is it that makes LDA better for a *real* user and LMTP better for a virtual user? Thanks, Michael

RE: Postfix and Dovecot LDA vs. LMTP

2016-06-25 Thread Michael Fox
Thanks Jan. I've been trying to obtain an English copy of the Dovecot book for months, prior to starting this project. So far, I just can't find a copy. It's too bad that the author/publisher won't do a second printing or, if they're not interested in making any more money, then release it to th