Re: [exim] Newbie needs help

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Author: Jason Meers
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To: Hidayat Bin Rahmat
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Newbie needs help
Hidayat Bin Rahmat wrote:
> Hi,
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> I need help setting up exim with dovecot.
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> Is there any good HOW-TO websites available?
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> The exim configuration file is a bit complicated.
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> Need help. Thanks
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Assuming you have a sensible local transport such as something like:

local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
file = /var/mail/$local_part
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
mode = 0660

The following will should help you get Dovecot working:

(Apologies for the formal tone -it's cut and pasted from some
documentation I'm in the middle of writing for Exim)

To install on RedHat and Fedora Core:
up2date dovecot* <enter>    or
yum -y install dovecot* <enter>


Debian and Ubuntu:
apt-get install dovecot-imapd <enter>

BSD users may need to use the pkg_add facility with a downloaded copy of
the Dovecot binaries from the main Dovecot site.

Usually Dovecot will start with little or no modification.

On the rare occasions it doesn't start, it's usually because of an error
regarding SSL or IPv6.

Disabling SSL and IPv6 (which are not essential for testing purposes)
can be achieved by changing the following settings in:

/etc/dovecot.conf or /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

To disable SSL support use the following settings:

protocols = pop3 imap
ssl_disable = yes

If you encounter IPv6 problems (Internet Protocol Version 6), tell
Dovecot to listen on IPv4 only by changing:

imap_listen = [::]
pop3_listen = [::]

to

imap_listen = *
pop3_listen = *

If you have any more questions then mail me directly as this isnt
strictly relevant to the exim list.

Thanks
Jason Meers