Linux and OpenBSD, Postfix config files are placed under /etc/postfix/.FreeBSD, Postfix config files are placed under /usr/local/etc/postfix/.Main config files:
main.cf: contains most configurations.master.cf: contains transport related settings.aliases: aliases for system accounts.helo_access.pcre: PCRE regular expressions of HELO check rules.ldap/*.cf: used to query mail accounts. LDAP backends only.mysql/*.cf: used to query mail accounts. MySQL/MariaDB backends only.pgsql/*.cf: used to query mail accounts. PostgreSQL backend only.RHEL/CentOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, it's /var/log/maillog.Debian, Ubuntu, it's /var/log/mail.log.Linux and OpenBSD, Dovecot config files are placed under /etc/dovecot/.FreeBSD, Dovecot config files are placed under /usr/local/etc/dovecot/.Main config file is dovecot.conf. It contains most configurations.
Addition config files:
dovecot-ldap.conf: used to query mail users and passwords. LDAP backends only.dovecot-mysql.conf: used to query mail users and passwords. MySQL/MariaDB backends only.dovecot-pgsql.conf: used to query mail users and passwords. PostgreSQL backend only.dovecot-used-quota.conf: used to store and query real-time per-user mailbox quota.dovecot-share-folder.conf: used to store settings of shared IMAP mailboxes.dovecot-master-users-password: used to store master users/passwords./var/log/dovecot.log: main log file./var/log/dovecot-sieve.log: sieve related log. NOTE: on old iRedMail
releases, it's /var/log/sieve.log./var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log: LMTP related log.RHEL/CentOS: it's /etc/amavisd/amavisd.conf.on Debian/Ubuntu: it's /etc/amavis/conf.d/50-user.
Debian/Ubuntu have some addition config files under /etc/amavis/conf.d/,
but you can always override them in file /etc/amavis/conf.d/50-user.
When we mention amavisd.conf in other tutorials, it means 50-user on
Debian/Ubuntu.
on FreeBSD: it's /usr/local/etc/amavisd.conf.
OpenBSD: it's /etc/amavisd.conf.Amavisd is configured to log to Postfix log file by iRedMail.
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