Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of howto/SetupDovecot


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Jun 1, 2008, 6:56:36 PM (16 years ago)
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    2626Dovecot 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.
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    28 === Step 1: ''create directories'' ===
     28=== Step 2: ''create directories'' ===
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    30 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.
     30Dovecot 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.
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     32=== Step 3: ''create certificates'' ===
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     34Dovecot supportes encrypted connections and while in a local network it migt not be nessesary you will still neet to create certificate files. You can use [attachment:Make_Dovecot_Directories.command] together with [attachment:dovecot-openssl.cnf] to create the certificates. Remeber to change  [attachment:dovecot-openssl.cnf] - there should be no "my_" left in the file and both files need to be in the same directory.
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     36=== Step 4: ''setup configuration'' ===
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     38Next you need to set up [attachment:dovecot.conf]. You find the file in {{{/opt/local/etc}}}. As a starting point you can use [attachment:dovecot.conf] together with
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     40passwd.dovecot
     41userdb.dovecot
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    3243== Optional Parts ==