protocols = imap
listen = *
disable_plaintext_auth = no
log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log
info_log_path=/var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
login_greeting = ready....
auth default {
    mechanisms = plain cram-md5
    user = root
    userdb passwd-file {
        args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot.users
        }
    #fallback to PAM
    userdb passwd {
    }
        passdb passwd-file {
            args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot.users
            }
    #fallback to PAM
        passdb pam {
        }
            socket listen {
                client {
                    # Assuming the default Postfix $queue_directory setting
                    path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
                    mode = 0660
                    # Assuming the default Postfix user and group
                    user = postfix
                   group = postfix
                   }
    }
}
 
mail_extra_groups = mail
protocol imap {
}
protocol pop3 {
}
dict {
}
plugin {
}