Yes, Dovecot should be listening on port 587 if using "submission" service
After I read that I tried uncommenting the submission line in master.cf but
then Postfix wouldn't start so I commented it out again and restarted
Postfix The last of these problems doesn't show in the log just Thunderbird
says it couldn't connect to the relay server and I should check to make
sure my email address is correct

On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM Tomasz Pala via Postfix-users <
postfix-users@postfix.org> wrote:

> On 2025-01-12 20:59, Scott K via Postfix-users wrote:
> > Postfix with Dovecot which should be listening on port 587?
>
> Let your admin decide, both require a lot of understanding and
> configuration to match system requirements.
> Both have comprehensive docs, covering most important aspects
> (SASL/AUTH, subsystems, milters, sieves etc.)
>
> If you start SMTP server before you're familiar with that you'll
> probably end up being open relay harming yourself and entire net,
> so until you're ready just keep you firewall selective.
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