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1.4 += Mailbox Integration =
1.5 +
1.6 +Use of the imip-agent software should not affect the solutions chosen to store
1.7 +mail received by your mail system. However, the software does support direct
1.8 +connections to mail storage solutions employing the LMTP protocol. See the
1.9 +[[../MailIntegration/LMTP|LMTP guide]] for more information.
1.10 +
1.11 +It can, however, be useful to see how delivery to various kinds of mailboxes
1.12 +and mail storage is done, in case you have not already decided on a particular
1.13 +solution.
1.14 +
1.15 +== Cyrus ==
1.16 +
1.17 +[[http://www.cyrusimap.org/|Cyrus]] is a mail storage system that exposes
1.18 +mailboxes using the [[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501|IMAP]] protocol.
1.19 +
1.20 +== Dovecot ==
1.21 +
1.22 +[[http://dovecot.org/|Dovecot]] is a mail server that supports IMAP and
1.23 +[[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1939|POP3]]. It can be configured to serve
1.24 +mail stored in traditional mailbox formats.
1.25 +
1.26 +The Dovecot documentation provides guides for integrating Dovecot with
1.27 +[[http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LMTP/Exim|Exim]] and with
1.28 +[[http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixDovecotLMTP|Postfix]].
1.29 +
1.30 +Example configuration files for Exim and Dovecot are distributed in
1.31 +`conf/exim/lmtp`:
1.32 +
1.33 +{{{#!table
1.34 +'''File''' || '''Purpose'''
1.35 +==
1.36 +`30_exim4-config_dovecot_lmtp`
1.37 +|| Delivers messages to Dovecot via LMTP
1.38 +==
1.39 +`890_exim4-config_dovecot_lmtp_local`
1.40 +|| Routes messages for local system users to Dovecot
1.41 +}}}
1.42 +
1.43 +On Debian systems, the former file would be copied into the
1.44 +`/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport` directory, whereas the latter would be
1.45 +copied into the `/etc/exim4/conf.d/router` directory. The latter file is
1.46 +appropriate only if system user identities are to be employed for mail.