Am 06.01.2016 um 17:51 schrieb Dennis Steinkamp: > My first questions is, what are the benefits of letting Dovecot handle > mail delivery instead of the postfix mda?
i.e dovecot and postfix may hosted at different places/servers, in real complex mail setups are used widely > If i go for the lmtp approach, directory related postfix directives like > virtual_mailbox_base etc. are totally ignored cause the responsibility > od delivering mails to a certain directory is completly outsourced, > correct? depends, i have virtual_transport = lmtps:inet:localhost:24 virtual_mailbox_base = /usr/local/virtual virtual_minimum_uid = 1001 virtual_uid_maps = static:1001 virtual_gid_maps = static:1001 both postfix an dovecot have more data in sql so its a question of "design" what you want Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein