Re: how to run dovecot imap on separate server from postfix?

[Reindl Harald]

Am 18.02.2015 um 20:07 schrieb Robert Fantini:

OK I got delivery from postfix to lmtp working  ,

  by changing from unix_listener  to inet_listener .


Reindl  wrote  "don't open the port for any other machine as the postfix
server"
I see that is important..   I assume that just a firewall setting?  Or
does the 'address'  line in inet_listener lmtp  have something to do with
it?

firewall as long as you don't have more than one network card and the interface dovecot is listening on is only reachable from the postfix server even if: *always* restrict the packet filter, sooner or later somebody will change something without realize the impact and hence if it comes to security put at least 2 safety nets in front of server ports

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Reindl Harald <h.rei...@thelounge.net>
wrote:

Am 18.02.2015 um 18:20 schrieb Reindl Harald:

Am 18.02.2015 um 18:15 schrieb Robert Fantini:

I'm trying to figure out the exact line to put to /etc/postfix/main.cf

for local lmtp deliver we use:
mailbox_transport = *lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp*

for remote  it is supposed to be:* lmtp:host:port*

yet at the remote  lmtp does not use ports.  UNIX domain sockets are used
instead

so just configure dovecot lmtpd to listen on a TCP port, port 24 is
reserved for that - and don't open the port for any other machine as the
postfix server

[harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/services | grep -i lmtp
lmtp            24/tcp                          # LMTP Mail Delivery
lmtp            24/udp                          # LMTP Mail Delivery

and since i answered the same question yet on the postfix list

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LMTP
http://www.postfix.org/lmtp.8.html

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