[Dovecot] Postfix, Dovecot, SASL, and Virtual Domains

[Roderick A. Anderson]

My saga continues, with a few interruptions, to configure a new mail
server for several domains.

I've had one private post, and read a dozen of more HOWTOs, HOWDONEs,
blogs, and posts on doing this but still haven't had any joy. Not quite
sure what I got configured incorrectly so before doing more work on this
I'll ask if what I'm trying to do is doable.

Postfix:
mydomain being one of the domains I'm hosting.
myhostname will be from one of the hosted domains ... later
no local users (except possibly root)
Dovecot to authentication/authorize
and Deliver to ... well ... deliver :-)

Dovecot:
users looked up by domain in /var/mail/vhosts/%d/passwd (?)
mail placed (after mail sieve) placed in /var/mail/vhosts/$d/$u/Maildir/

Most of the HOWTOs and friends are using PostgreSQL, LDAP, or MySQL but
I'd like to hold off on this until I feel more comfortable and informed
on how Dovecot, Deliver, and Postfix work together.

So am I out to lunch? I think right now it is I'm confused on what/how
userdb and passdb are used. (This is my next RTFM on the list.)


Thanks for any help, suggestions, or clue-sticks!

Rod
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[Jon Callas]

If you're setting up a new server, I highly recommend looking at the
HOWTO that Purple Hat has at:

<http://www.purplehat.org/?page_id=4>

I did most of what they suggested. I was migrating a host to BSD and
re-doing my postfix/dovecot infrastructure. It was clear enough that I
could change just what I needed to.

If you are starting from scratch, just set it up the way they say to.

Jon