Qmail Dovecot Authentication
To authenticate against Dovecot instead of vpopmail download and compile [this] file
- wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qmtoaster/source/main/qdovauth.c
- gcc -o qdovauth qdovauth.c
- mv qdovauth /home/vpopmail/bin
- chown vpopmail:vchkpw /home/vpopmail/bin/qdovauth
- 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 }
}
- systemctl restart dovecot
Change Submission & SMTPS run files:
- VCHKPW="/home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw"
VCHKPW="/home/vpopmail/bin/qdovauth"
- qmailctl stop
- qmailctl start
You should be good to go.