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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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Postfix warning: SASL: Connect to /var/spool/postfix/private/auth failed: No such file or directory

I have searched, and failed to find an answer and I am out of ideas. I just do not know enough about postfix and dovecot to parse the configs or understand what may be causing this error. warning: SASL: Connect to /var/spool/postfix/private/auth…
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What is causing SSL-"shutdown while in init" error on dovecot?

At one of my systems I can see from time to time error messages like: TLS: SSL_read() failed: error:140E0197:SSL routines:SSL_shutdown:shutdown while in init What might causes these errors?
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Setting up mail accounts without real Linux users

I've setup Postfix and Dovecot on my Ubuntu Server. My aim is to create 27 mail accounts that can receive and send mail to everywhere. I've got emails to not show up as spam in Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook. I send emails with Rainloop and everything is…
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Spamassassin, Dovecot and Postfix: Move spam to folder

I am trying to move Spam detected by spamassassin automatically to the Junk folder on Debian Jessie. I installed Spamassassin and edited the configs: local.cf (spamassassin folder) rewrite_header Subject…
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How to make dovecot password independent of server password?

I'm using postfix and dovecot. I want to send and receive email from root. Until I use SSL/TLS certificate, I am using an unencrypted connection. Since my email password is the same as my ssh password, someone could easily sniff the traffic and…
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Postfix/Dovecot - Multiple Domains and Multiple Linux Accounts

I have been trying to setup a new mail server to migrate from my VPS, as my host has decided to close its doors. The old server was running Exim/Courier (nearly a decade old at this point,) and I'm under the impression that Postfix/Dovecot would be…
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Postfix deny relay for some virtual users

I'm using Postfix as MTA and relay. Users that wish to send e-mail from a remote system authenticates and Postfix hands that to Dovecot, and this works well. But how can I limit which users can use SMTP+Authentication, without limiting access to POP…
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What options exist for changing usernames transparently in Webmail?

Currently, we have a fully working POP/IMAP/Webmail system (using Dovecot and Roundcube) that is a gleaming tower of perfection in its intended design. We have thousands of customers who belong to a "default" domain (I'll call it ourdomain.com), and…
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How to correct Dovecot user login to use full domain email in this format "myuser@mydomain.com"

I have configured dovecot and postfix...Email server works fine.. (Webmail and outlook both works..) I have created users using unix command .. usreadd -s /sbin/nologin myuser But i have a concern, if i want to login to webmail or outlook I have…
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Dovecot Certificate Authentication

After implementing certificate authentication on Nginx web server, I would like to do the same on Dovecot mail server. The idea is to create your own CA and manage certificates (both issuing and revoking). To verify the client certificate you need…
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Monit failing to connect to Dovecot over SSL IMAP

I run Monit to keep check on processes on a Debian server. It's working as normal for all other services (Apache SSL, Postfix, SSH etc.) but Monit's checks on Dovecot are failing repeatedly. I think this may have started after installing some…
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Migrating from any IMAP/POP3 server to Dovecot

I am trying to synchronize two mailboxes which reside in different servers. This is due to a migration process. The old server is a courier server and needs to be accessed via IMAP, whereas the new server is a dovecot server. I am trying to follow…
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Dovecot error: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set

I've been trying to get Postfix and Dovecot set up for days and I think I have resolved all problems except for one that just came up. When I try to restart Dovecot I get the following error message: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file…
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Force Dovecot not to log connect/disconnect messages

My /var/log/mail.log gets constantly flooded with Dovecot connect/disconnect messages like this: Mar 29 18:15:48 summit dovecot: IMAP(foo@bar.baz): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=63/2126 Mar 29 18:15:50 summit dovecot: imap-login: Login:…
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How can I migrate Dovecot from one server to another?

I have a Dovecot installation on a Fedora 12 "server" at home and I want to move all my mailboxes onto a virtual CentOS 5 server. How can I do this? Which files to I have to copy? Is it even enough to copy files or do I have to be prepared for some…
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