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Requires [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ Xcode] to build from source, Darwin Ports isn't required. | Requires [[http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/|Xcode]] to build from source, Darwin Ports isn't required. |
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To fix the access problem to {{{/var/mail}}}, you may need to set {{{mail_privileged_group = mail }}} in {{{dovecot.conf}}}, as described in ["MailLocation/Mbox"]. | To fix the access problem to {{{/var/mail}}}, you may need to set {{{mail_privileged_group = mail }}} in {{{dovecot.conf}}}, as described in [[MailLocation/Mbox]]. |
Small, simple setup.
Server: MacBook Pro
- OS: Tiger 10.4.6
- RAM: 1024 Mb
- Users: 2
- Auth: passwd/pam
- Maildir size: 1Gb
- Dovecot version: 1.0 beta7
- Client Software: Mac Mail
Requires Xcode to build from source, Darwin Ports isn't required.
NetInfo needs to contain a dovecot user, although it apparently is created automatically by release candidates of Dovecot. To create the dovecot user, use Applications/Utilities/NetInfo Manager and in the users section, duplicate one of the existing users (I chose to copy cyrusimap, but any daemon should be fine). You can also add the user from the commandline like this:
sudo niutil -create / /users/dovecot sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot uid 300 sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot name dovecot sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot passwd '*' sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot _writers_passwd dovecot sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot shell /usr/bin/false sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot expire 0 sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot change 0
Use pam for authentication. Create the file /etc/pam.d/dovecot as follows (you can copy over the file 'login' in the same directory):
# dovecot: auth account password session auth required pam_nologin.so auth sufficient pam_securityserver.so auth sufficient pam_unix.so auth required pam_deny.so account required pam_permit.so password required pam_deny.so session required pam_uwtmp.so
Use launchd to start the server at boot time. Create /Library/LaunchDaemons/dovecot.plist as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>org.dovecot</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/usr/local/sbin/dovecot</string> </array> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>
To start the server without rebooting, sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/dovecot.plist
To fix the access problem to /var/mail, you may need to set mail_privileged_group = mail in dovecot.conf, as described in MailLocation/Mbox.
Enabling SSL worked as described and didn't require anything different on OS X.