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TODO:

~~figure out how to edit config to support virtual users using the same config files that I've used the Teapop, to allow MM to work still.~~
modify mm.php to support the new dovecot.cfg instead of the old teapop.cfg.

2019-05-07

Dovecot POP3/IMAP server installation Using Aptitude I installed:

dovecot-core
dovecot-pop3
dovecot-imap

Then edited /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-authentication:

enabled plain-text login

This works for actual system users, but not yet for virtual domain users.

2019-05-12

Dovecot configuration for virtual domain users

modified /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf
- included a new external config file: auth-passwdfile.conf.TEST.txt

auth-passwdfile.conf.TEST.txt contents:

# Authentication for passwd-file users. Included from 10-auth.conf.
#
# passwd-like file with specified location.
# <doc/wiki/AuthDatabase.PasswdFile.txt>

passdb {
  driver = passwd-file
  args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%n /home/vdomain/%d/etc/dovecot.cfg
}

userdb {
  driver = passwd-file
  args = username_format=%n /home/vdomain/%d/etc/dovecot.cfg

  # Default fields that can be overridden by passwd-file
  #default_fields = quota_rule=*:storage=1G

  # Override fields from passwd-file
  override_fields = home=/home/vdomain/%d/mail/%n mail=/home/vdomain/%d/mail/%n
}

created /home/vdomain/<domain>/etc/dovecot.cfg:

# dovecot password and user configuration file
manager:bricks99:bfl:bfl

This works for the one (bfl) domain! Now need to implement it system-wide.

2019-05-14

Modified home-brew mail-manager tool (mm.php) to use dovecot.cfg in place of teapop.cfg for virtual domains. The easiest way to start out when the switchover to dovecot occurs is to simply copy the teapop.cfg file to dovecot.cfg:

cp -p teapop.cfg dovecot.cfg

The contents will be converted to the new dovecot.cfg format upon first update.