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 [http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ Xcode] to build from source, Darwin Ports isn't required.
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:
# 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
Enabling SSL worked as described and didn't require anything different on OS X.