Instead of complaining, why not just fix it (it is a wiki after all) and *then* post your email explaining the changes you made?
On 2011-03-22 8:28 AM, William Blunn wrote: > Just having another look at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailServerOverview > , it seems to have some statements in it which are misleading, and some > which are really ... well ... wrong. > > Quote: "With the possible, optional, exception of the deliver MDA, > Dovecot is not involved with reception, delivery, and storage of mail. > That function is provided by a MTA such as postfix > <http://www.postfix.org>. It is the MTA that determines where and how > mail is stored - Dovecot must then be configured to retrieve the mail > accordingly." (Entered by user "amfes".) > > This contains a significant proportion of poppycock. > > Dovecot includes extensive functionality for the storage (as in the > action of storing) of e-mail as well as retrieval, in the shape of the LDA. > > Using Dovecot's LDA is /required/ in the case of Dovecot-specific mail > storage formats (sdbox, mdbox). > > With mbox, use of the Dovecot LDA is advisable since it will guarantee a > locking strategy which is compatible with Dovecot's mail retrieval > functionality. > > And in any case, use of the Dovecot LDA has merit in that it should > guarantee line-up between the mailstore configurations used for storage > and retrieval. > > It is NOT the MTA that determines where and how mail is stored. It is > the PERSON who configures the system who decides this, and codifies that > configuration into whatever systems carry out local delivery and retrieval. > > It IS true that use of Dovecot's LDA is optional, but to say that it is > a "possible exception" is misleading. People /should/ use the Dovecot > LDA if they are using Dovecot IMAP/POP, and the /option/ is to use the > MTA's local delivery system /if/ it is so indicated on a particular system. > > Quote: "Again, it bears repeating, Dovecot /is not responsible for mail > delivery or storage/. Any questions on these issues involve your MTA and > MDA. Get those working first." (Entered by user "DanielMiller".) > > Again, contains quite a lot of misleading nonsense. > > "Mail delivery" includes the hand-off of the message by the MTA to the > LDA, and the storage of the message by the LDA. The LDA should probably > be Dovecot, so really Dovecot /is/ partially responsible for mail delivery. > > "Storage" involves that placing of message into the message store. This > should be done by Dovecot, so Dovecot is responsible for this. -- Best regards, Charles
