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An IMAP and POP3 email server. When asking about Dovecot problems, please include relevant maillog lines and output of the following command: `doveconf -n`

Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server for *nix systems. It emphasizes security, and is also easy to set up and use, as well as having high performance.

More information about dovecot is available at http://www.dovecot.org/

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Deny shift delete on Dovecot IMAP

i have a quick question about Dovecot ACLs, What i intend to do is prevent users from deleting emails, I was able to change the permissions of the 'Trash' folder so users cannot purge deleted emails so all is good. But, users on outlook can do a…
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Way to know which user moved the letter to the folder

Dovecot 2.2 + Postfix 2.1 Public folder namespace: location = maildir:/domain/public:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/public:INDEX=~/Maildir/index/public I have a public folder "sales" for group of users. All messages that are sent to sales@domain.com…
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IMAP/POP3 with Dovecot & Postfix: Authentication Failed

Says it all in the title. To give you some background, I'm a programmer. I'm not into installing mail servers as a hobby, and I'm having to make one because the project I'm creating will need to use a webmail type service (like roundcube, or my own…
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Intermediate certificate for Let's Encrypt

I have set up Let's Encrypt encryption on my server, and thereafter a tutorial to set up a mail server (dovecot and postfix) on the same server (ubuntu server 16.04 with nginx). In the process I also created two email addresses for that domain, that…
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How can I export message filters from roundcube?

We are migrating from roundcube to GSuite (Google Apps). Many of our users have set up complex filters in their roundcube account. We would like to migrate these filters to their new GSuite accounts. I cannot find out how to export the filters from…
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Postfix sometimes "connection refused" when SMTP'ing

I'm facing a weird problem with Postfix right now. My setup is Postfix 2.9.6 and Dovecot 2.1.7 on Debian 7.11 and there's a second server configured exactly the same that does not show this problem. Sometimes I get a "connection refused" when…
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Dovecot: no auth attempts

I am currently configuring postfix along with dovecot. I am currently struggling with SSL + IMAP login. I enabled debug logging but cant figure out whats wrong. Here is the log: Oct 8 19:16:08 dirty-harry dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected…
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Is it necessary to have 143 port enabled to use the 993 port for an IMAP(SSL) connection?

I have an email server running with Dovecot, and while trying to manage my email with Thunderbird I'm getting a weird error: If I enable the port 143, and 993, Thunderbird works fine (either using 143 or 993). But when I disable 143 (To always force…
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Dovecot, Courier, Postfix Differences

[This question might be against SO guidelines - too vague - too subjective. I have however failed to find an answer] Like this: Dovecot vs Courier vs Cyrus What is the difference between Postfix, Dovecot, Courier? Many tutorials require all three…
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Dovecot Require Client Certificate for Remote Connections Only

After a bit of a struggle I've managed to configure Dovecot to require client certificates for users logging in, and it works well. However, I also want to setup a web-mail solution (Roundcube) which needs to be able to connect via IMAP, but doesn't…
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PostFix/Dovecot new installation on Centos6

I have installed Postfix and Dovecot on my server. It seems to be mostly working - I can send mail from my account to a remote account no problem. My problem is receiving it. When I send an email from a remote host, I can see the email is being…
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Dovecot migration fails: "[…] specify separator […]"

I'm setting up a new dovecot server ("A") and I'm trying to migrate one mailbox from another IMAP server ("B", Dovecot as well). On new server A my dovecot.conf looks like this: […] mapc_host = mailserver.ZZZZZZ.com imapc_user =…
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Dovecot TimeMoveBackward on Cent OS

I am having problem with my dovecot on CentOS machine. The error message is as below. server dovecot: dovecot: Time just moved backwards by 1 seconds. I'll sleep now until we're back in present. http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards I…
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Postfix permit localhost use plain login

I have postfix 2.11 setup on Debian jessie with Dovecot SASL and I require encrypted login mechanism to send mail via smtp. For this purpose in the main.cf I've smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes option set. I'm happy with results, but I want to allow…
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OpenDKIM mail header: temperror

I've just installed and configured OpenDKIM to use it with Postfix and Dovecot on my server. I can send e-mails to another accounts, but when I check the header I find this: dkim=temperror (no key for signature) Here is the most important…
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