README for dovecot 2.x REQUIREMENTS PRE-INSTALL Create two users dovecot/dovenull and one group dovecot with a unused id < 99: 'groupadd -g 26 dovecot' 'useradd -g dovecot -u 26 -d /var/run/dovecot -s /bin/false dovecot' 'useradd -g dovecot -u 27 -d /var/run/dovecot -s /bin/false dovenull' 'passwd -l dovecot' 'passwd -l dovenull' or run the supplied pre-install script. POST-INSTALL PRECAUTION