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Re: Abstractio of Dovecot Users
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Marek Paśnikowski |
Subject: |
Re: Abstractio of Dovecot Users |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:44:48 +0000 |
Email z Środa, 22 listopada 2023 od Thorondir:
> Hi Marek,
>
> On 11/20/23 23:40, Marek Paśnikowski wrote:
> > I would like to ask you, which dovecot service configuration parameters
> > should I look at, for declaration of what I have seen on the net named
> > “vmail”.
> >
> > My immediate goal is to declare a dedicated inbox for DMARC reports and a
> > bunch of aliases for 'marek' mail account, stored separately from the
> > system's 'marek' account.
>
> Way back when I first started on the journey of email self-hosting, I
> found the ArchWiki[0] to have enough information to get me started.
> After doing that, do try to understand why it does what it does, because
> there is quite a bit of complexity in there.
>
> But in short:
>
> * you create a local user [yes, usually "vmail"] who gets everything
> and stores it according to who it's supposed to be for
> * the question of "who is it for" is usually answered by entries in a
> database or map file
> * both postfix and dovecot need to know about and use the database or
> map file
The reminder to reconfigure OpenSMTPD is helpful, thank you.