Ok, I've got this new dovecot working thanks. The last bit is the users
kept their imap folders on the /home/username/* directories, after
copint one over and trying it a mail clints (thunderbird) cannot see the
directories, have I missed something in the dovecot.conf file ?
>Actually, the more direct replacement would be Dovecot. Cyrus can be
>complicated to set up and get running.
>
>Matt
>
>
>
[root@pheonix tonyw]# vi /etc/dovecot.conf
## Dovecot 1.0 configuration file
# Default values are shown after each value, it's not required to uncomment
# any of the lines. Exception to this are paths, they're just examples
# with real defaults being based on configure options. The paths listed here
# are for configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
# --with-ssldir=/usr/share/ssl
# Base directory where to store runtime data.
#base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
# Protocols we want to be serving:
# imap imaps pop3 pop3s
#protocols = imap imaps
protocols = imap pop3
# IP or host address where to listen in for connections. It's not currently
# possible to specify multiple addresses. "*" listens in all IPv4
interfaces.
# "[::]" listens in all IPv6 interfaces, but may also listen in all IPv4
# interfaces depending on the operating system. You can specify ports with
# "host:port".
imap_listen = [::]
pop3_listen = [::]
# IP or host address where to listen in for SSL connections. Defaults
# to above non-SSL equilevants if not specified.
#imaps_listen =
#pop3s_listen =
# Disable SSL/TLS support.
#ssl_disable = no
# PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened
before
# dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but
# root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed
# certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf
#ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
#ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
# SSL parameter file. Master process generates this file for login
processes.
# It contains Diffie Hellman and RSA parameters.
#ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat
# How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU
# intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration
# entirely.
#ssl_parameters_regenerate = 24
# Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless
# SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that 127.*.*.* and
# IPv6 ::1 addresses are considered secure, this setting has no effect if
# you connect from those addresses.
disable_plaintext_auth = no
# Use this logfile instead of syslog(). /dev/stderr can be used if you
want to
# use stderr for logging (ONLY /dev/stderr - otherwise it is closed).
#log_path =
# For informational messages, use this logfile instead of the default
#info_log_path =
# Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3)
# format.
#log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S "
##
## Login processes
##
# Directory where authentication process places authentication UNIX sockets
# which login needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created when
# running as root, so you don't have to worry about permissions. Note that
# everything in this directory is deleted when Dovecot is started.
login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login
# chroot login process to the login_dir. Only reason not to do this is
if you
# wish to run the whole Dovecot without roots.
#login_chroot = yes
##
## IMAP login process
##
login = imap
# Executable location.
#login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
# User to use for the login process. Create a completely new user for this,
# and don't use it anywhere else. The user must also belong to a group where
# only it has access, it's used to control access for authentication
process.
#login_user = dovecot
# Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use
# login_process_per_connection you might need to grow this.
#login_process_size = 32
# Should each login be processed in it's own process (yes), or should one
# login process be allowed to process multiple connections (no)? Yes is more
# secure, espcially with SSL/TLS enabled. No is faster since there's no need
# to create processes all the time.
#login_process_per_connection = yes
# Number of login processes to create. If login_process_per_user is
# yes, this is the number of extra processes waiting for users to log in.
#login_processes_count = 3
# Maximum number of extra login processes to create. The extra process count
# usually stays at login_processes_count, but when multiple users start
logging
# in at the same time more extra processes are created. To prevent
fork-bombing
# we check only once in a second if new processes should be created - if all
# of them are used at the time, we double their amount until limit set
by this
# setting is reached. This setting is used only if login_process_per_use
is yes.
#login_max_processes_count = 128
# Maximum number of connections allowed in login state. When this limit is
# reached, the oldest connections are dropped. If login_process_per_user
# is no, this is a per-process value, so the absolute maximum number of
users
# logging in actually login_processes_count * max_logging_users.
#login_max_logging_users = 256
##
## POP3 login process
##
# Settings default to same as above, so you don't have to set anything
# unless you want to override them.
login = pop3
# Exception to above rule being the executable location.
#login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
##
## Mail processes
##
# Maximum number of running mail processes. When this limit is reached,
# new users aren't allowed to log in.
#max_mail_processes = 1024
# Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and
# IP address. Useful for seeing who are actually using the IMAP processes
# (eg. shared mailboxes or if same uid is used for multiple accounts).
#verbose_proctitle = no
# Show protocol level SSL errors.
#verbose_ssl = no
# Valid UID range for users, defaults to 500 and above. This is mostly
# to make sure that users can't log in as daemons or other system users.
# Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to dovecot binary and can't
# be done even if first_valid_uid is set to 0.
#first_valid_uid = 500
#last_valid_uid = 0
# Valid GID range for users, defaults to non-root/wheel. Users having
# non-valid GID as primary group ID aren't allowed to log in. If user
# belongs to supplementary groups with non-valid GIDs, those groups are
# not set.
#first_valid_gid = 1
#last_valid_gid = 0
# Grant access to these extra groups for mail processes. Typical use
would be
# to give "mail" group write access to /var/mail to be able to create
dotlocks.
#mail_extra_groups =
# ':' separated list of directories under which chrooting is allowed for
mail
# processes (ie. /var/mail will allow chrooting to /var/mail/foo/bar too).
# This setting doesn't affect login_chroot or auth_chroot variables.
# WARNING: Never add directories here which local users can modify, that
# may lead to root exploit. Usually this should be done only if you don't
# allow shell access for users. See doc/configuration.txt for more
information.
#valid_chroot_dirs =
# Default chroot directory for mail processes. This can be overridden by
# giving /./ in user's home directory (eg. /home/./user chroots into /home).
#mail_chroot =
# Default MAIL environment to use when it's not set. By leaving this empty
# dovecot tries to do some automatic detection as described in
# doc/mail-storages.txt. There's a few special variables you can use:
#
# %u - username
# %n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain
# %d - domain part in user@domain, empty if user there's no domain
# %h - home directory
#
# You can also limit a width of string by giving the number of max.
characters
# after the '%' character. For example %1u gives the first character of
# username. Some examples:
#
# default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%1u/%u/Maildir
# default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
# default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%d/%n/:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%n
#
#default_mail_env =
# Space-separated list of fields to cache for all mails. Currently these
# fields are allowed followed by a list of commands they speed up:
#
# Envelope - FETCH ENVELOPE and SEARCH FROM, TO, CC, BCC, SUBJECT,
# SENTBEFORE, SENTON, SENTSINCE, HEADER MESSAGE-ID,
# HEADER IN-REPLY-TO
# Body - FETCH BODY
# Bodystructure - FETCH BODY, BODYSTRUCTURE
# MessagePart - FETCH BODY[1.2.3] (ie. body parts), RFC822.SIZE,
# SEARCH SMALLER, LARGER, also speeds up BODY/BODYSTRUCTURE
# generation. This is always set with mbox mailboxes, and
# also default with Maildir.
#
# Different IMAP clients work in different ways, that's why Dovecot by
default
# only caches MessagePart which speeds up most operations. Whenever client
# does something where caching could be used, the field is automatically
marked
# to be cached later. For example after FETCH BODY the BODY will be cached
# for all new messages. Normally you should leave this alone, unless you
know
# what most of your IMAP clients are. Caching more fields than needed makes
# the index files larger and generate useless I/O.
#
# With maildir there's one extra optimization - if nothing is cached,
indexing
# the maildir becomes much faster since it's not opening any of the mail
files.
# This could be useful if your IMAP clients access only new mails.
#mail_cache_fields = MessagePart
# SEARCH SMALLER, LARGER, also speeds up BODY/BODYSTRUCTURE
# generation. This is always set with mbox mailboxes, and
# also default with Maildir.
#
# Different IMAP clients work in different ways, that's why Dovecot by
default
# only caches MessagePart which speeds up most operations. Whenever client
# does something where caching could be used, the field is automatically
marked
# to be cached later. For example after FETCH BODY the BODY will be cached
# for all new messages. Normally you should leave this alone, unless you
know
# what most of your IMAP clients are. Caching more fields than needed makes
# the index files larger and generate useless I/O.
#
# With maildir there's one extra optimization - if nothing is cached,
indexing
# the maildir becomes much faster since it's not opening any of the mail
files.
# This could be useful if your IMAP clients access only new mails.
#mail_cache_fields = MessagePart
# Space-separated list of fields that Dovecot should never set to be cached.
# Useful if you want to save disk space at the cost of more I/O when the
fields
# needed.
#mail_never_cache_fields =
# Workarounds for various client bugs:
# oe6-fetch-no-newmail:
# Never send EXISTS/RECENT when replying to FETCH command. Outlook
Express
# seems to think they are FETCH replies and gives user "Message no
longer
# in server" error. Note that OE6 still breaks even with this workaround
# if synchronization is set to "Headers Only".
# outlook-idle:
# Outlook and Outlook Express never abort IDLE command, so if no mail
# arrives in half a hour, Dovecot closes the connection. This is still
# fine, except Outlook doesn't connect back so you don't see if new mail
# arrives.
# outlook-pop3-no-nuls:
# Outlook and Outlook Express hang if mails contain NUL characters.
# This setting replaces them with 0x80 character.
#client_workarounds =
# Dovecot can notify client of new mail in selected mailbox soon after it's
# received. This setting specifies the minimum interval in seconds between
# new mail notifications to client - internally they may be checked more or
# less often. Setting this to 0 disables the checking.
# NOTE: Evolution client breaks with this option when it's trying to APPEND.
#mailbox_check_interval = 0
# Like mailbox_check_interval, but used for IDLE command.
#mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30
# Allow full filesystem access to clients. There's no access checks
other than
# what the operating system does for the active UID/GID. It works with both
# maildir and mboxes, allowing you to prefix mailboxes names with eg. /path/
# or ~user/.
#mail_full_filesystem_access = no
# Maximum allowed length for custom flag name. It's only forced when trying
# to create new flags.
#mail_max_flag_length = 50
# Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF. This makes sending those mails
# take less CPU, especially with sendfile() syscall with Linux and FreeBSD.
# But it also creates a bit more disk I/O which may just make it slower.
#mail_save_crlf = no
# Use mmap() instead of read() to read mail files. read() seems to be a bit
# faster with my Linux/x86 and it's better with NFS, so that's the default.
#mail_read_mmaped = no
# By default LIST command returns all entries in maildir beginning with dot.
# Enabling this option makes Dovecot return only entries which are
directories.
# This is done by stat()ing each entry, so it causes more disk I/O.
# (For systems setting struct dirent->d_type, this check is free and it's
# done always regardless of this setting)
#maildir_stat_dirs = no
# Copy mail to another folders using hard links. This is much faster than
# actually copying the file. This is problematic only if something modifies
# the mail in one folder but doesn't want it modified in the others. I don't
# know any MUA which would modify mail files directly. IMAP protocol also
# requires that the mails don't change, so it would be problematic in
any case.
# If you care about performance, enable it.
#maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no
# Check if mails' content has been changed by external programs. This slows
# down things as extra stat() needs to be called for each file. If
changes are
# noticed, the message is treated as a new message, since IMAP protocol
# specifies that existing messages are immutable.
#maildir_check_content_changes = no
# Which locking methods to use for locking mbox. There's three available:
# dotlock: Create <mailbox>.lock file. This is the oldest and most NFS-safe
# solution. If you want to use /var/mail/ like directory, the
users
# will need write access to that directory.
# fcntl : Use this if possible. Works with NFS too if lockd is used.
# flock : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.
#
# You can use both fcntl and flock too; if you do the order they're declared
# with is important to avoid deadlocks if other MTAs/MUAs are using both
fcntl
# and flock. Some operating systems don't allow using both of them
# simultaneously, eg. BSDs. If dotlock is used, it's always created first.
mbox_locks = fcntl
# Should we create dotlock file even when we want only a read-lock? Setting
# this to yes hurts the performance when the mailbox is accessed
simultaneously
# by multiple processes, but it's needed for reliable reading if no other
# locking methods are available.
#mbox_read_dotlock = no
# Maximum time in seconds to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting.
#mbox_lock_timeout = 300
# If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the
# lock file after this many seconds.
#mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 30
# umask to use for mail files and directories
#umask = 0077
# Drop all privileges before exec()ing the mail process. This is mostly
# meant for debugging, otherwise you don't get core dumps. Note that setting
# this to yes means that log file is opened as the logged in user, which
# might not work. It could also be a small security risk if you use
single UID
# for multiple users, as the users could ptrace() each others processes
then.
#mail_drop_priv_before_exec = no
##
## IMAP process
##
# Executable location
#imap_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
# Set max. process size in megabytes. Most of the memory goes to mmap()ing
# files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high.
#imap_process_size = 256
# Support for dynamically loadable modules.
#imap_use_modules = no
#imap_modules = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
##
## POP3 process
##
# Executable location
#pop3_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
# Set max. process size in megabytes. Most of the memory goes to mmap()ing
# files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high.
#pop3_process_size = 256
# Support for dynamically loadable modules.
#pop3_use_modules = no
#pop3_modules = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
##
## Authentication processes
##
# An Authentication process is a child process used by Dovecot that
# handles the authentication steps. The steps cover an authentication
# mechanism (auth_mechanisms, how the client authenticates in the IMAP or
# POP3 protocol), which password database should be queried (auth_passdb),
# and which user database should be queried (auth_userdb, to obtain
# UID, GID, and location of the user's mailbox/home directory).
#
# You can have multiple processes, though a typical configuration will
# have only one. Each time "auth = xx" is seen, a new process
# definition is started. The point of multiple processes is to be able
# to set stricter permissions. (See auth_user below.)
#
# Just remember that only one Authentication process is asked for the
# password, so you can't have different passwords accessible through
# different process definitions (unless they have different
# auth_mechanisms, and you're ok with having different password for
# each mechanisms).
# Authentication process name.
auth = default
# Specifies how the client authenticates in the IMAP protocol.
# Space separated list of permitted authentication mechanisms:
# anonymous plain digest-md5 cram-md5
#
# anonymous - No authentication required.
# plain - The password is sent as plain text. All IMAP/POP3 clients
# support this, and the password can be encrypted by Dovecot to match
# any of the encryption schemes used in password databases.
# digest-md5 and cram-md5 - both encrypt the password so it is more
# secure in transit, but are not well supported by clients, and
# require that the password database use a matching encryption
# scheme (or be in plaintext).
#
# See auth.txt for more details.
#
# If you are using SSL there is less benefit to digest-md5 and
# cram-md5 as the communication is already encrypted.
auth_mechanisms = plain
# Space separated list of realms for SASL authentication mechanisms that
need
# them. You can leave it empty if you don't want to support multiple realms.
# Many clients simply use the first one listed here, so keep the default
realm
# first.
#auth_realms =
# Default realm/domain to use if none was specified. This is used for both
# SASL realms and appending @domain to username in plaintext logins.
#auth_default_realm =
# Where user database is kept:
# passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam()
# passwd-file <path>: passwd-like file with specified location
# static uid=<uid> gid=<gid> home=<dir template>: static settings
# vpopmail: vpopmail library
# ldap <config path>: LDAP, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf
# pgsql <config path>: a PostgreSQL database, see doc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
auth_userdb = passwd
# Where password database is kept:
# passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam()
# shadow: /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam()
# pam [<service> | *]: PAM authentication
# passwd-file <path>: passwd-like file with specified location
# vpopmail: vpopmail authentication
# ldap <config path>: LDAP, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf
# pgsql <config path>: a PostgreSQL database, see doc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
#auth_passdb = pgsql /usr/local/etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
auth_passdb = pam
#auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth
# Set max. process size in megabytes.
#auth_process_size = 256
# User to use for the process. This user needs access to only user and
# password databases, nothing else. Only shadow and pam authentication
# requires roots, so use something else if possible. Note that passwd
# authentication with BSDs internally accesses shadow files, which also
# requires roots.
auth_user = root
# Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't
# work if this is set, and there's no point chrooting if auth_user is root.
#auth_chroot =
# Number of authentication processes to create
#auth_count = 1
# List of allowed characters in username. If the user-given username
contains
# a character not listed in here, the login automatically fails. This is
just
# an extra check to make sure user can't exploit any potential quote
escaping
# vulnerabilities with SQL/LDAP databases. If you want to allow all
characters,
# set this value to empty.
#auth_username_chars =
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@
# Username to use for users logging in with ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism
#auth_anonymous_username = anonymous
# More verbose logging. Useful for figuring out why authentication isn't
# working.
#auth_verbose = no
# Even more verbose logging for debugging purposes. Shows for example SQL
# queries.
#auth_debug = no
# digest-md5 authentication process. It requires special MD5 passwords which
# /etc/shadow and PAM doesn't support, so we never need roots to handle it.
# Note that the passwd-file is opened before chrooting and dropping root
# privileges, so it may be 0600-root owned file.
#auth = digest_md5
#auth_mechanisms = digest-md5
#auth_realms =
#auth_userdb = passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap
#auth_passdb = passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap
#auth_user = imapauth
#auth_chroot =
# if you plan to use only passwd-file, you don't need the two auth
processes,
# simply set "auth_methods = plain digest-md5"
[root@pheonix tonyw]# more /etc/dovecot.conf
## Dovecot 1.0 configuration file
# Default values are shown after each value, it's not required to uncomment
# any of the lines. Exception to this are paths, they're just examples
# with real defaults being based on configure options. The paths listed here
# are for configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
# --with-ssldir=/usr/share/ssl
# Base directory where to store runtime data.
#base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
# Protocols we want to be serving:
# imap imaps pop3 pop3s
#protocols = imap imaps
protocols = imap pop3
# IP or host address where to listen in for connections. It's not currently
# possible to specify multiple addresses. "*" listens in all IPv4
interfaces.
# "[::]" listens in all IPv6 interfaces, but may also listen in all IPv4
# interfaces depending on the operating system. You can specify ports with
# "host:port".
imap_listen = [::]
pop3_listen = [::]
# IP or host address where to listen in for SSL connections. Defaults
# to above non-SSL equilevants if not specified.
#imaps_listen =
#pop3s_listen =
# Disable SSL/TLS support.
#ssl_disable = no
# PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened
before
# dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but
# root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed
# certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf
#ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
#ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
# SSL parameter file. Master process generates this file for login
processes.
# It contains Diffie Hellman and RSA parameters.
#ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat
# How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU
# intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration
# entirely.
#ssl_parameters_regenerate = 24
# Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless
# SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that 127.*.*.* and
# IPv6 ::1 addresses are considered secure, this setting has no effect if
# you connect from those addresses.
disable_plaintext_auth = no
# Use this logfile instead of syslog(). /dev/stderr can be used if you
want to
# use stderr for logging (ONLY /dev/stderr - otherwise it is closed).
#log_path =
# For informational messages, use this logfile instead of the default
#info_log_path =
# Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3)
# format.
#log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S "
##
## Login processes
##
# Directory where authentication process places authentication UNIX sockets
# which login needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created when
# running as root, so you don't have to worry about permissions. Note that
# everything in this directory is deleted when Dovecot is started.
login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login
# chroot login process to the login_dir. Only reason not to do this is
if you
# wish to run the whole Dovecot without roots.
#login_chroot = yes
##
## IMAP login process
##
login = imap
# Executable location.
#login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
# User to use for the login process. Create a completely new user for this,
# and don't use it anywhere else. The user must also belong to a group where
# only it has access, it's used to control access for authentication
process.
#login_user = dovecot
# Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use
# login_process_per_connection you might need to grow this.
#login_process_size = 32
# Should each login be processed in it's own process (yes), or should one
# login process be allowed to process multiple connections (no)? Yes is more
# secure, espcially with SSL/TLS enabled. No is faster since there's no need
# to create processes all the time.
#login_process_per_connection = yes
# Number of login processes to create. If login_process_per_user is
# yes, this is the number of extra processes waiting for users to log in.
#login_processes_count = 3
# Maximum number of extra login processes to create. The extra process count
# usually stays at login_processes_count, but when multiple users start
logging
# in at the same time more extra processes are created. To prevent
fork-bombing
# we check only once in a second if new processes should be created - if all
# of them are used at the time, we double their amount until limit set
by this
# setting is reached. This setting is used only if login_process_per_use
is yes.
#login_max_processes_count = 128
# Maximum number of connections allowed in login state. When this limit is
# reached, the oldest connections are dropped. If login_process_per_user
# is no, this is a per-process value, so the absolute maximum number of
users
# logging in actually login_processes_count * max_logging_users.
#login_max_logging_users = 256
##
## POP3 login process
##
# Settings default to same as above, so you don't have to set anything
# unless you want to override them.
login = pop3
# Exception to above rule being the executable location.
#login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
##
## Mail processes
##
# Maximum number of running mail processes. When this limit is reached,
# new users aren't allowed to log in.
#max_mail_processes = 1024
# Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and
# IP address. Useful for seeing who are actually using the IMAP processes
# (eg. shared mailboxes or if same uid is used for multiple accounts).
#verbose_proctitle = no
# Show protocol level SSL errors.
#verbose_ssl = no
# Valid UID range for users, defaults to 500 and above. This is mostly
# to make sure that users can't log in as daemons or other system users.
# Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to dovecot binary and can't
# be done even if first_valid_uid is set to 0.
#first_valid_uid = 500
#last_valid_uid = 0
# Valid GID range for users, defaults to non-root/wheel. Users having
# non-valid GID as primary group ID aren't allowed to log in. If user
# belongs to supplementary groups with non-valid GIDs, those groups are
# not set.
#first_valid_gid = 1
#last_valid_gid = 0
# Grant access to these extra groups for mail processes. Typical use
would be
# to give "mail" group write access to /var/mail to be able to create
dotlocks.
#mail_extra_groups =
# ':' separated list of directories under which chrooting is allowed for
mail
# processes (ie. /var/mail will allow chrooting to /var/mail/foo/bar too).
# This setting doesn't affect login_chroot or auth_chroot variables.
# WARNING: Never add directories here which local users can modify, that
# may lead to root exploit. Usually this should be done only if you don't
# allow shell access for users. See doc/configuration.txt for more
information.
#valid_chroot_dirs =
# Default chroot directory for mail processes. This can be overridden by
# giving /./ in user's home directory (eg. /home/./user chroots into /home).
#mail_chroot =
# Default MAIL environment to use when it's not set. By leaving this empty
# dovecot tries to do some automatic detection as described in
# doc/mail-storages.txt. There's a few special variables you can use:
#
# %u - username
# %n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain
# %d - domain part in user@domain, empty if user there's no domain
# %h - home directory
#
# You can also limit a width of string by giving the number of max.
characters
# after the '%' character. For example %1u gives the first character of
# username. Some examples:
#
# default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%1u/%u/Maildir
# default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
# default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%d/%n/:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%n
#
#default_mail_env =
# Space-separated list of fields to cache for all mails. Currently these
# fields are allowed followed by a list of commands they speed up:
#
# Envelope - FETCH ENVELOPE and SEARCH FROM, TO, CC, BCC, SUBJECT,
# SENTBEFORE, SENTON, SENTSINCE, HEADER MESSAGE-ID,
# HEADER IN-REPLY-TO
# Body - FETCH BODY
# Bodystructure - FETCH BODY, BODYSTRUCTURE
# MessagePart - FETCH BODY[1.2.3] (ie. body parts), RFC822.SIZE,
# SEARCH SMALLER, LARGER, also speeds up BODY/BODYSTRUCTURE
# generation. This is always set with mbox mailboxes, and
# also default with Maildir.
#
# Different IMAP clients work in different ways, that's why Dovecot by
default
# only caches MessagePart which speeds up most operations. Whenever client
# does something where caching could be used, the field is automatically
marked
# to be cached later. For example after FETCH BODY the BODY will be cached
# for all new messages. Normally you should leave this alone, unless you
know
# what most of your IMAP clients are. Caching more fields than needed makes
# the index files larger and generate useless I/O.
#
# With maildir there's one extra optimization - if nothing is cached,
indexing
# the maildir becomes much faster since it's not opening any of the mail
files.
# This could be useful if your IMAP clients access only new mails.
#mail_cache_fields = MessagePart
# Space-separated list of fields that Dovecot should never set to be cached.
# Useful if you want to save disk space at the cost of more I/O when the
fields
# needed.
#mail_never_cache_fields =
# Workarounds for various client bugs:
# oe6-fetch-no-newmail:
# Never send EXISTS/RECENT when replying to FETCH command. Outlook
Express
# seems to think they are FETCH replies and gives user "Message no
longer
# in server" error. Note that OE6 still breaks even with this workaround
# if synchronization is set to "Headers Only".
# outlook-idle:
# Outlook and Outlook Express never abort IDLE command, so if no mail
# arrives in half a hour, Dovecot closes the connection. This is still
# fine, except Outlook doesn't connect back so you don't see if new mail
# arrives.
# outlook-pop3-no-nuls:
# Outlook and Outlook Express hang if mails contain NUL characters.
# This setting replaces them with 0x80 character.
#client_workarounds =
# Dovecot can notify client of new mail in selected mailbox soon after it's
# received. This setting specifies the minimum interval in seconds between
# new mail notifications to client - internally they may be checked more or
# less often. Setting this to 0 disables the checking.
# NOTE: Evolution client breaks with this option when it's trying to APPEND.
#mailbox_check_interval = 0
# Like mailbox_check_interval, but used for IDLE command.
#mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30
# Allow full filesystem access to clients. There's no access checks
other than
# what the operating system does for the active UID/GID. It works with both
# maildir and mboxes, allowing you to prefix mailboxes names with eg. /path/
# or ~user/.
#mail_full_filesystem_access = no
# Maximum allowed length for custom flag name. It's only forced when trying
# to create new flags.
#mail_max_flag_length = 50
# Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF. This makes sending those mails
# take less CPU, especially with sendfile() syscall with Linux and FreeBSD.
# But it also creates a bit more disk I/O which may just make it slower.
#mail_save_crlf = no
# Use mmap() instead of read() to read mail files. read() seems to be a bit
# faster with my Linux/x86 and it's better with NFS, so that's the default.
#mail_read_mmaped = no
# By default LIST command returns all entries in maildir beginning with dot.
# Enabling this option makes Dovecot return only entries which are
directories.
# This is done by stat()ing each entry, so it causes more disk I/O.
# (For systems setting struct dirent->d_type, this check is free and it's
# done always regardless of this setting)
#maildir_stat_dirs = no
# Copy mail to another folders using hard links. This is much faster than
# actually copying the file. This is problematic only if something modifies
# the mail in one folder but doesn't want it modified in the others. I don't
# know any MUA which would modify mail files directly. IMAP protocol also
# requires that the mails don't change, so it would be problematic in
any case.
# If you care about performance, enable it.
#maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no
# Check if mails' content has been changed by external programs. This slows
# down things as extra stat() needs to be called for each file. If
changes are
# noticed, the message is treated as a new message, since IMAP protocol
# specifies that existing messages are immutable.
#maildir_check_content_changes = no
# Which locking methods to use for locking mbox. There's three available:
# dotlock: Create <mailbox>.lock file. This is the oldest and most NFS-safe
# solution. If you want to use /var/mail/ like directory, the
users
# will need write access to that directory.
# fcntl : Use this if possible. Works with NFS too if lockd is used.
# flock : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.
#
# You can use both fcntl and flock too; if you do the order they're declared
# with is important to avoid deadlocks if other MTAs/MUAs are using both
fcntl
# and flock. Some operating systems don't allow using both of them
# simultaneously, eg. BSDs. If dotlock is used, it's always created first.
mbox_locks = fcntl
# Should we create dotlock file even when we want only a read-lock? Setting
# this to yes hurts the performance when the mailbox is accessed
simultaneously
# by multiple processes, but it's needed for reliable reading if no other
# locking methods are available.
#mbox_read_dotlock = no
# Maximum time in seconds to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting.
#mbox_lock_timeout = 300
# If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the
# lock file after this many seconds.
#mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 30
# umask to use for mail files and directories
#umask = 0077
# Drop all privileges before exec()ing the mail process. This is mostly
# meant for debugging, otherwise you don't get core dumps. Note that setting
# this to yes means that log file is opened as the logged in user, which
# might not work. It could also be a small security risk if you use
single UID
# for multiple users, as the users could ptrace() each others processes
then.
#mail_drop_priv_before_exec = no
##
## IMAP process
##
# Executable location
#imap_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
# Set max. process size in megabytes. Most of the memory goes to mmap()ing
# files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high.
#imap_process_size = 256
# Support for dynamically loadable modules.
#imap_use_modules = no
#imap_modules = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
##
## POP3 process
##
# Executable location
#pop3_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
# Set max. process size in megabytes. Most of the memory goes to mmap()ing
# files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high.
#pop3_process_size = 256
# Support for dynamically loadable modules.
#pop3_use_modules = no
#pop3_modules = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
##
## Authentication processes
##
# An Authentication process is a child process used by Dovecot that
# handles the authentication steps. The steps cover an authentication
# mechanism (auth_mechanisms, how the client authenticates in the IMAP or
# POP3 protocol), which password database should be queried (auth_passdb),
# and which user database should be queried (auth_userdb, to obtain
# UID, GID, and location of the user's mailbox/home directory).
#
# You can have multiple processes, though a typical configuration will
# have only one. Each time "auth = xx" is seen, a new process
# definition is started. The point of multiple processes is to be able
# to set stricter permissions. (See auth_user below.)
#
# Just remember that only one Authentication process is asked for the
# password, so you can't have different passwords accessible through
# different process definitions (unless they have different
# auth_mechanisms, and you're ok with having different password for
# each mechanisms).
# Authentication process name.
auth = default
# Specifies how the client authenticates in the IMAP protocol.
# Space separated list of permitted authentication mechanisms:
# anonymous plain digest-md5 cram-md5
#
# anonymous - No authentication required.
# plain - The password is sent as plain text. All IMAP/POP3 clients
# support this, and the password can be encrypted by Dovecot to match
# any of the encryption schemes used in password databases.
# digest-md5 and cram-md5 - both encrypt the password so it is more
# secure in transit, but are not well supported by clients, and
# require that the password database use a matching encryption
# scheme (or be in plaintext).
#
# See auth.txt for more details.
#
# If you are using SSL there is less benefit to digest-md5 and
# cram-md5 as the communication is already encrypted.
auth_mechanisms = plain
# Space separated list of realms for SASL authentication mechanisms that
need
# them. You can leave it empty if you don't want to support multiple realms.
# Many clients simply use the first one listed here, so keep the default
realm
# first.
#auth_realms =
# Default realm/domain to use if none was specified. This is used for both
# SASL realms and appending @domain to username in plaintext logins.
#auth_default_realm =
# Where user database is kept:
# passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam()
# passwd-file <path>: passwd-like file with specified location
# static uid=<uid> gid=<gid> home=<dir template>: static settings
# vpopmail: vpopmail library
# ldap <config path>: LDAP, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf
# pgsql <config path>: a PostgreSQL database, see doc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
auth_userdb = passwd
# Where password database is kept:
# passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam()
# shadow: /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam()
# pam [<service> | *]: PAM authentication
# passwd-file <path>: passwd-like file with specified location
# vpopmail: vpopmail authentication
# ldap <config path>: LDAP, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf
# pgsql <config path>: a PostgreSQL database, see doc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
#auth_passdb = pgsql /usr/local/etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf
auth_passdb = pam
#auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth
# Set max. process size in megabytes.
#auth_process_size = 256
# User to use for the process. This user needs access to only user and
# password databases, nothing else. Only shadow and pam authentication
# requires roots, so use something else if possible. Note that passwd
# authentication with BSDs internally accesses shadow files, which also
# requires roots.
auth_user = root
# Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't
# work if this is set, and there's no point chrooting if auth_user is root.
#auth_chroot =
# Number of authentication processes to create
#auth_count = 1
# List of allowed characters in username. If the user-given username
contains
# a character not listed in here, the login automatically fails. This is
just
# an extra check to make sure user can't exploit any potential quote
escaping
# vulnerabilities with SQL/LDAP databases. If you want to allow all
characters,
# set this value to empty.
#auth_username_chars =
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@
# Username to use for users logging in with ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism
#auth_anonymous_username = anonymous
# More verbose logging. Useful for figuring out why authentication isn't
# working.
#auth_verbose = no
# Even more verbose logging for debugging purposes. Shows for example SQL
# queries.
#auth_debug = no
# digest-md5 authentication process. It requires special MD5 passwords which
# /etc/shadow and PAM doesn't support, so we never need roots to handle it.
# Note that the passwd-file is opened before chrooting and dropping root
# privileges, so it may be 0600-root owned file.
#auth = digest_md5
#auth_mechanisms = digest-md5
#auth_realms =
#auth_userdb = passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap
#auth_passdb = passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap
#auth_user = imapauth
#auth_chroot =
# if you plan to use only passwd-file, you don't need the two auth
processes,
# simply set "auth_methods = plain digest-md5"
