On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 13:15, Steven Stern wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:08:25 -0400, "Jonathan T. Steadman" > <fedoracore@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >well I think it is working, because I sent a test email from hotmail > >last night and dont have a mail deliver failure notice or whatever, but > >I still dont get how to add usernames, I am also behind a firewall so in > >evolution I typed in myusr@xxxxxxxxxxx, for creating usr and passwords i > >do think i use mysql do I? I used an example someone gave me for these > >lines so I dont know... > > > >auth_userdb = passwd > >auth_passdb = pam > > those lines will validate users against the local account file (e.g., > /etc/passwd) using pam. If your users have local accounts, then they'd login > to retrieve mail with userid and password as they exist on the system. If > you're using virtual users with accounts recorded in an sql database, then you > have to choose different options for authenticating users and for maintaining > your users. > > Dovecot has nothing to do with whether mail *sent* into your system is > delivered. It provides services for your users to retrieve mail from the > system. > > Read the dovecot.conf file and the docs on the dovecot website to find out how > to use other user databases (e.g., ldap, sql) if that's what you need. > -- > Steve > > Ok I think i got it now then, but then when I send an email to say $userX@myipaddr should that not end up on my server if i have SMTP port 25 open? I would think mail would go to /var/mail/$userX if i did this, but it doesnt seem to be working for me, though outgoing mail works fine, does sendmail listen on different port for incoming mail? I am very confused lol
