Dovecot configuration

[Pavel Zaitsev]

Here is my config if of any help.


protocols = imaps
listen = [::]
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
default_mail_env = maildir:%h/.maildir 
protocol imap {
}
  
protocol pop3 {
}
auth default {
  mechanisms = plain
  passdb pam {
    args = "*"
  }
  userdb passwd {
  }
  user = root
}
plugin {
}

granted i have installed that with gentoo, openssl integrated. I think
you'd need to generate ssl certificate somewhere, but thats it.

http://homepage.mac.com/pauljlucas/personal/macmini/certs.html

use the google, luke, otherwise :) I found debian setups intros, how-tos
seem to clear up quite a few misunderstandings.
cheers,
pavel.

В Втр, 10/10/2006 в 12:53 -0400, Kihara Muriithi пишет:
> Hi guys and girls
> 
>  I am trying to set up dovecot, but I am in the dark at one of its
> configuration, for the moment. In a nutshell, I have no idea where
> dovecot pull the mails from. This is necessary as I want to point this
> directory to SMTP server data directory. I was looking looking for a
> line like this ¨DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"¨ from the apache
> configuration file.
>  From the dovecot configuration file, these are the only line that
> look close, but I am not sure about them
> 
> # Base directory where to store runtime data.
> #base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
> I suspect this can not be it, as data disappear after dovecot demon is
> killed
> 
> The other possibility was
> # Directory where authentication process places authentication UNIX
> sockets
> # which login needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created
> when
> # running as root, so you don't have to worry about permissions. Note
> that
> # everything in this directory is deleted when Dovecot is started.
> login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login
> Now, what do I say about this. In hobble opinion, this is also a run
> time repository as can be infered from this like, ¨authentication
> process places authentication unix sockets¨.
>  Finally, I am working under this assumption. Sendmail and imap have
> to share the mail directory. Is this assumption correct?
> 
> Thanks
> William
> 

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