after coping lda stanza into the config file, I get "unknown protocol name" error. adding lda to the list of protocols doesn't seem to do the trick.

lda was built during compile and the binary is present, piping into it manually spits error messages about missing config, so how do I go about the problem above ?

It is my undertanding that using dovecot-lda would help maintain the indexes in proper state ( as opposed to using procmail and having to rebuild indexes from scratch upon delivery of large amounts of mail ) ?

mucho gracias to you all.

protocol lda {

If you wish to use plugins you need to specify plugin directory

For example quota enforcing is implemented by plugin

#module_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda

Address from LDA should send MDNs like out of quota

postmaster_address = postmaster@your.dom

If there is no user-specific Sieve-script, global Sieve script is

executed if set.

#global_script_path =

UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users.

auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot-auth-master }