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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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Dovecot immediately logs off user

I'm trying to set up email on my server, and have successfully set up POP3 with gmail for my main account. When attempting to set up another user though, gmail reports ` There was a problem communicating with example.com. I can't figure out why…
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Postfix - Unable to receive emails from certain domains

Got a Postfix-Dovecot-Saslauthd setup on Ubuntu 10.04. Problem is there's (at least) one domain that it refuses to accept emails from. I've been getting emails fine from lots of different domains except one. It's really weird, but could some config…
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Deny users in a certain group access to dovecot

I installed the dovecot-imapd package in Ubuntu, and my setup is as follows: $ sudo dovecot -n # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic-pae i686 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols:…
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Encrypting a MailBox Server Side

So I am not even sure if this is possible but I figured this would be the best place to ask. I have a dovecot server that I use for receiving mail , the mail is stored in a Maildir format. Is there a way for me to encrypt the mail so that if…
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Dovecot lists no mail via telnet, even though there are mails available

So I am currently running dovecot as a mail delivery agent, and a little while ago it all strangely stopped working (I think this may have been about the time I ran out of space on my server - since resolved). When I telnet into the server and List…
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Can't restart dovecot on Debian Linux server

The standard command "/etc/init.d/dovecot restart" has no effect on my Debian version 5.0.4 server running dovecot 1.1.0. Similarly /etc/init.d/dovecot stop has no effect. The dovecot logs do not show anything. The dovecot master.pid file is…
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Synchronising IMAP mail

This is expanding on my previous Question. Is it possible to synchronize mail between two servers using imap? I am using getmail and dovecot on my home server to get mail from my ISP and store it locally. However, what I want to do is keep my…
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Dovecot / Thunderbird email duplicates

After installing a new system (Ubuntu 10.04.1 Desktop), I copied the /var/mail dir content to the new system and install - same config - dovecot as an Imap(s) server. To test the new setup, first the .thunderbird / .mozilla-thunderbird where copied…
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Maildrop, deliver: on which criteria do you choose between them?

Since Dovecot can handle both of them, is there a better choice than another in terms of performance, syntax, possibilities... ? Thanks.
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How to force keeping mails with Dovecot/POP3?

I want to get rid of POP3 to prevent mails being moved from the server to the computer with a client like Outlook/Thunderbird (the default behavior of this protocol). However, some "power users" want to keep the import feature in Gmail, which is…
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Migrating from Courier-IMAP to Dovecot. Roundcube dom't get folders

Mission: I'm trying to migrate from courier-imap to dovecot IMAP/POP3 server and i'm having problems with folder listing. In my case i need to configure in the way so all imap/pop3 clients will work with my mailserver like before. System: Dovecot…
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How can I share mail boxes in Snow Leopard Server?

is it possible to share mail boxes between users on Mac OS X Server 10.6.4? I know Dovecot can do this but It seems that Snow Leopard's Dovecot can't, can it? Thanks Philip
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Any up to date tutorial on how to setup Postfix + Dovecot with virtual users on Debian?

Any up to date tutorial (for dummys) on how to setup Postfix + Dovecot with virtual users on Debian?
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Can you recommend any good walkthrough article on setting up a mail server on Ubuntu 10.04?

I must set up a company mail server (smtp, imap, web mail, multiple domains, web-based administration) on an Ubuntu 10.04 Server this night. I've never done this before and have only the very-very basic idea on how does e-mail work. I was hoping to…
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Mail not being received

My mail server(Postfix) is messing around a bit. It seems that it does receive the messages it receives but it doesn't store them? I'm not quite sure of the reason, because it worked fine last time I checked(when I first set it up, about a month…
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