Dovecot 2.0 without virtual domains?

**ed_v** · 10-Jan-2012, 18:10

I don't think I need virtual domains, but I can't say for certain.
I have a once machine setup.
in my mind the mail goes to the single machine's SMTP and gets distributed by Dovecot after an installation of Dovecot via yast2.
is this correct?

**ken_yap** · 10-Jan-2012, 18:18

You should describe your use case: where is the mail coming from (Internet? LAN?), do you have your own domain, or just a fake LAN domain, what are the mail clients, how many are they, etc. etc.

Otherwise I'm just a blind man in front of an elephant.

**ed_v** · 10-Jan-2012, 18:33

thanks..
ddclient works ( I have my own domain )
ports are forwarded.
mail comes from the internet.
I am using roundcube with a mysql back-end.
I figure I will setup dovecot with the mysql back-end also so that way I don't have to create the users on the system instead just create users in the database.
once again thanks.

**ed_v** · 10-Jan-2012, 19:23

is my perception of setting up dovecot in that manner wrong?

**ken_yap** · 10-Jan-2012, 19:32

Dovecot is only half the story. It allows users to access mail via POP or IMAP. You need postfix (or sendmail) to handle SMTP.

**ed_v** · 10-Jan-2012, 19:36

I don't have sendmail installed... I thought getmail took care of that?
I setup postfix but I figured getmail was doing that job...

**ed_v** · 10-Jan-2012, 19:38

so I went back to a backup prior to postfix and postfix admin.
so I only have getmail

**ken_yap** · 10-Jan-2012, 19:45

Originally Posted by ed_v

I don't have sendmail installed... I thought getmail took care of that?
I setup postfix but I figured getmail was doing that job...

Postfix is a sendmail equivalent.

Getmail, like fetchmail, only fetches in the mail. You still need a local SMTP server to store the mail somewhere. Hence postfix or sendmail.

If you were going to make your server a MX so that the world would deliver mail (and spam) to you directly instead of your mail provider, then you wouldn't need getmail.

**ed_v** · 10-Jan-2012, 19:56

ok well, I read the man page of getmail and didn't mention that it was an smtp server...
I have the backup of a fully configured postfix with postfix admin I can restore in 2 minutes...
let me see if I get myself into trouble or need some more of my perceptions corrected and I will post some more, ok?
and yes I plan to get all the mail (and spam).