Postifx & Dovecot

KonstantinA

Hello. Is it just me, or their configuration files, directives, etc are at least i would say "counter-intuitive"?
I have a hard time get my mind around them, while with Apache and BIND that wasn't the case.
Even iptables look easier to me.

Is anyone else on the same boat?

lee42x

Hi KonstantinA, how can I help?
Which bits seem confusing?
The configuration for the two services (postfix and dovecot) are separate except for dovecot providing a little security for post fix, but that is optional.
Lee

KonstantinA

There is not something specific, it's just the overall postfix/dovecot configuration.
I can read and understand an iptable's rule, and visualize what happens to the packet that matched the rule.
The same goes when i see an Apache stanza, even long view stanzas in BIND.

But when i see something like this:

# postconf -e "smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot"
# postconf -e "smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes"
# postconf -e "smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, reject"

I don't know.... I bought a book on Postfix and i will study it. Maybe i just have to become more familiar with the interconnects between Postfix-dovecot and the various authentication types.

lee42x

Yes, postfix does not have sasl and needs that function to be provided by another application. The docs for postfix at: http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html are detailed with some examples. Let us know if you have any questions.