Qmail Dovecot Authentication

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To authenticate against Dovecot instead of vpopmail download and compile [this] file

  1. wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qmtoaster/source/main/qdovauth.c
  2. gcc -o qdovauth qdovauth.c
  3. mv qdovauth /home/vpopmail/bin
  4. chown vpopmail:vchkpw /home/vpopmail/bin/qdovauth
  5. chmod 755 /home/vpopmail/bin/qdovauth

Add services to Dovecot configuration file

service stats {

   unix_listener stats-reader {
   user = vpopmail
   group = vchkpw
   mode = 0660
   }
   unix_listener stats-writer {
   user = vpopmail
   group = vchkpw
   mode = 0660
   }

}

service auth {

  unix_listener auth-qmail {
  mode = 0600
  user = vpopmail
  group = vchkpw
 }

}

  1. systemctl restart dovecot

Change Submission & SMTPS run files:

  1. VCHKPW="/home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw"

VCHKPW="/home/vpopmail/bin/qdovauth"

  1. qmailctl stop
  2. qmailctl start

You should be good to go.