serving pop3

[Jonathan T. Steadman]

On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 13:15, Steven Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:08:25 -0400, "Jonathan T. Steadman"
> <fedoracore at stny.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> >well I think it is working, because I sent a test email from hotmail
> >last night and dont have a mail deliver failure notice or whatever, but
> >I still dont get how to add usernames, I am also behind a firewall so in
> >evolution I typed in myusr at 192.168.2.4, for creating usr and passwords i
> >do think i use mysql do I?  I used an example someone gave me for these
> >lines so I dont know...
> >
> >auth_userdb = passwd
> >auth_passdb = pam
> 
> those lines will validate users against the local account file (e.g.,
> /etc/passwd) using pam.  If your users have local accounts, then they'd login
> to retrieve mail with userid and password as they exist on the system. If
> you're using virtual users with accounts recorded in an sql database, then you
> have to choose different options for authenticating users and for maintaining
> your users.
> 
> Dovecot has nothing to do with whether mail *sent* into your system is
> delivered. It provides services for your users to retrieve mail from the
> system.
> 
> Read the dovecot.conf file and the docs on the dovecot website to find out how
> to use other user databases (e.g., ldap, sql) if that's what you need.
> --
>    Steve
>    
> 
Ok I think i got it now then, but then when I send an email to say
$userX at myipaddr should that not end up on my server if i have SMTP port
25 open?  I would think mail would go to /var/mail/$userX if i did this,
but it doesnt seem to be working for me, though outgoing mail works
fine, does sendmail listen on different port for incoming mail? I am
very confused lol