1 = LMTP Delivery = 2 3 When imip-agent is configured to use LMTP, it connects directly to mail 4 storage solutions. By using LMTP from the agent software, the issue of 5 configuring the mail system to integrate with such solutions is avoided, but 6 then those solutions must expose their LMTP interface appropriately. 7 8 Although this topic is largely beyond the scope of this document, systems such 9 as Cyrus and Dovecot can be configured to provide a Unix domain socket 10 offering support for LMTP connections. 11 12 For Cyrus, the following bug report is pertinent: 13 14 * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494746 15 16 A permanent change in permissions on the Cyrus LMTP socket is therefore 17 required to make delivery available to the `lmtp` group: 18 19 {{{ 20 dpkg-statoverride --force --update --add cyrus lmtp 750 /var/run/cyrus/socket 21 }}} 22 23 See the [[../../SystemUsers|system users]] documentation for a discussion of 24 users and groups.