I found that although ulist works very well, it does seem to need a dovecot account created for the list.
Without the dovecot user I see -
2026-03-22T15:22:09.811539+00:00 mail dovecot: auth: passwd-file(testlist@u3acommunities.org): unknown user
2026-03-22T15:22:09.811954+00:00 mail postfix/smtpd[630392]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-ed1-x530.google.com[2a00:1450:4864:20::530]: 450 4.1.1 <testlist@u3acommunities.org>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table; from=<plord12@gmail.com> to=<testlist@u3acommunities.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-ed1-x530.google.com>
With the dovecot user created -
2026-03-22T15:30:05.790428+00:00 mail postfix/smtpd[632306]: C0E0F762DE8: client=mail-ej1-x635.google.com[2a00:1450:4864:20::635]
2026-03-22T15:30:05.792183+00:00 mail postfix/cleanup[632311]: C0E0F762DE8: message-id=<CAJnbnjZMFXJ0H4ugLLU=b5rN_j6F2Tbk5HYoNe_6arwDsv6DNw@mail.gmail.com>
2026-03-22T15:30:06.032082+00:00 mail postfix/qmgr[632243]: C0E0F762DE8: from=<plord12@gmail.com>, size=4966, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
2026-03-22T15:30:06.034334+00:00 mail supervisord: ulist 144: envelope-from: plord12@gmail.com
2026-03-22T15:30:06.034345+00:00 mail supervisord: ulist 144: envelope-to: testlist@u3acommunities.org
2026-03-22T15:30:06.035236+00:00 mail supervisord: ulist 144: from: Peter Lord <plord12@gmail.com>
2026-03-22T15:30:06.035268+00:00 mail supervisord: ulist 144: to: testlist@u3acommunities.org
2026-03-22T15:30:06.035284+00:00 mail supervisord: ulist 144: subject: test 125
2026-03-22T15:30:06.035300+00:00 mail supervisord: ulist 144: list: testlist@u3acommunities.org, action: pass, reason: list allows any "From" address
Can I use ulist without requiring a dovecot user for each list ?
I found that although ulist works very well, it does seem to need a dovecot account created for the list.
Without the dovecot user I see -
With the dovecot user created -
Can I use ulist without requiring a dovecot user for each list ?