20 | | TODO |
| 18 | Note: Du not use any of the attached files without checking / changing them with you favorite text editor. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | === Step 1: ''create user'' === |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Dovecot will drop root privilegs when they are not needed any more so you need to create an user and group for dovecot to run with. You can use the [attachment:Make_Dovecot_Directories.command] to do so. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | === Step 1: ''create directories'' === |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Dovecot need to directories to work with - one to store run status, one where the mail is stored. See [wiki/howto/SetupPostfix] on how to set up postfix to make incomming mail available to dovecot. You can use the [attachment:Make_Dovecot_Directories.command] to do so. |