Well, the info dovecot needs, it mailbox name/location, username,
password, and quota, misc info.
postfix will need email address to mailbox name mapping info.
That is the very basic things you need.
Using dovecot lda/lmtp you remove all postfix needs to know mailbox
name to directory mapping, that would be duplicated.
Quoting [email protected]:
Hello Tom,
On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:29 PM, "Tom Hendrikx"
<[email protected]> wrote:
The problem with passwd(like) files is that they are almost never in the
correct format to fit both daemons. The easiest way to use a database.
I don't yet see using a database easier than flatfiles. I understand
that the one-instance data is done well in a database.
But also I found this page at the Dovecot wiki,
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/VirtualUserFlatFilesPostfix. I keep
rereading it and I think that it tells me that I can do this with
flatfiles only.
I think its this section,
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/VirtualUserFlatFilesPostfix#Master_Configuration,
that tells how to share data with Postfix. Except there's also LMTP
which I haven't figured out how to do it yet.
For only 3 domains and 30 users its silly to have to run a mysql
database. But who knows yet if I an reading this right, and if sharing
flatfiles are possible? Its confusing to read and understand.
TJ
