Re: Abstractio of Dovecot Users

[Thorondir]

Hi Marek,

On 11/20/23 23:40, Marek Paśnikowski wrote:
> I would like to ask you, which dovecot service configuration parameters should 
> I look at, for declaration of what I have seen on the net named “vmail”.
>
> My immediate goal is to declare a dedicated inbox for DMARC reports and a bunch 
> of aliases for 'marek' mail account, stored separately from the system's 
> 'marek' account.

Way back when I first started on the journey of email self-hosting, I 
found the ArchWiki[0] to have enough information to get me started. 
After doing that, do try to understand why it does what it does, because 
there is quite a bit of complexity in there.

But in short:

 * you create a local user [yes, usually "vmail"] who gets everything
   and stores it according to who it's supposed to be for
 * the question of "who is it for" is usually answered by entries in a
   database or map file
 * both postfix and dovecot need to know about and use the database or
   map file

Hope that helps,
Thorondir


[0]: 
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Virtual_user_mail_system_with_Postfix,_Dovecot_and_Roundcube