1 = LMTP Delivery = 2 3 When imip-agent is configured to use LMTP, it connects directly to 4 [[../../MailboxIntegration|mail storage solutions]]. By using LMTP from the 5 agent software, the issue of configuring the mail system to integrate with 6 such solutions is avoided, but then those solutions must expose their LMTP 7 interface appropriately. 8 9 Although this topic is largely beyond the scope of this documentation, 10 systems such as Cyrus and Dovecot can be configured to provide a Unix domain 11 socket offering support for LMTP connections. 12 13 For Cyrus, the following bug report is pertinent: 14 15 * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494746 16 17 A permanent change in permissions on the Cyrus LMTP socket may be required to 18 make delivery available to the `lmtp` group: 19 20 {{{ 21 dpkg-statoverride --force --update --add cyrus lmtp 750 /var/run/cyrus/socket 22 }}} 23 24 See the [[../../SystemUsers|system users]] documentation for a discussion of 25 users and groups.