Questions tagged [dovecot]

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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kubernetes - Running dovecot with serveral replicas

I am in the process of setting up an email server through kubernetes. I managed to get postfix up and running and now am trying to setup dovecot. As I am expecting a bit of traffic for dovecot I want to run several instances which all have to be…
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Dovecot Maildir directory structure issue

I've just set up a new mail server (Dovecot/Postfix, IMAP only) and I'm trying to migrate all the messages from the old server to the new one. The server handles mail for a small company with half-a-dozen accounts. The problem is that I can't…
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Postfix and Dovecot security: receiving emails only

I'm creating a Postfix email server. It's bare-bones- I'm only using the email server to receive from my gmail account. So far I have TLS/SSL encryption on Postfix and Dovecot. Is TLS/SSL enough? What other security and encryption do I need…
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no notification for new email postfix

I set up postfix + dovecot, everything works, but I don't get notifications about new messages, the inbox is updated only when I open Outlook or another client need to use some MDA? dovecot -n # 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf #…
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Dovecot Alias and ActiveDirectory User Same MailBox

I have set up Postfix, Dovecot, and Roundcube. My problem is how to access the same mailbox when I create an alias in Roundcube. MS Active Directory is the backend, and the dovecot-ldap.conf is below: hosts = example.com ldap_verion =3 scope…
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Relay access denied on VPS (error 554 5.7.1)

I'm trying to figure out how to solve a problem on my VPS, maybe you can help me :D Long story short: this is the first time I operate on a Bare Metal VPS, and I'm trying to setup the mail server. After a couple of tries I manage to setup the…
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Dovecot error logging in via IMAPS

I have a RedHat 8 server running dovecot and postfix. Postfix is delivering messages into my maildir folders and the dovecot is configured to make these available to users via IMAPS. The configuration mostly seems to work, but after running for a…
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How to configure Exim4 to relay emails from authenticated users in various locations

I have a Debian cloud server with Exim4 running and serving emails with DMARC, SPF, and DKIM properly set up. I can ssh into the server and send and receive encrypted emails successfully. Dovecot is running on the server and allows clients to…
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From "Display Name" not working - Postfix/Dovecot

Working with Dovecot, Postfix and MySQL to send email from my web server (at example@mywebsite.com) but what shows up in the inbox is example instead of the display name I put into the email client (tried Thunderbird and Evolution with same…
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How to setup dovecot to accept client certificates signed with a private CA when the server certificate is signed by a public CA

I have been running a postfix/dovecot mail server with no issue for several years using SSL/TLS and Let's Encrypt issued server certificates: /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf ssl = required # Bundle containing the public server certificate followed…
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After piping Incoming mails to external script, mails are not shown in Inbox in iRedmail

I have been trying to pipe incoming mails to my python script which is just trying to read a mail and look for keywords and call api. But for some reasons my mails are not being delivered to my inbox. I am new to postfix and this is my first time…
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Blocking tor traffic with postfix or fail2ban on mailserver

I am running an Ubuntu 20.04 Lemp server, with postfix/dovecot. I have fail2ban set up so that if 2 unsuccessful loging attempts to my email are made by the same ip address, fail2ban bans the ip's from accessing anything on my server. However, In my…
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Dovecot stops with No passdbs specified in configuration file error

I'm working with Dovecot and Postfix but recently I tried to use Postfixadmin (following this references). Regardless Postfixadmin works normally, when somebody try to login via Outlook or Thunderbird with an existent email account, the Dovecot…
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Cannot send email using Exim and Dovecot

I've been trying to debug this issue since last week, but I have no clue on what's going on, I have tried to find the answers myself but no luck. I've been trying to send emails, from info@domain.com to info@domain.com, or from…
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Where sieve file must be located if dovecot runs with virtual_mailbox_maps

I have postfix + dovecot install that uses virtual_mailbox_maps I want to do sieve for specific users. where I should put the sieve file, since there are no user directories? In dovecot configuration I have this: plugin { sieve_extensions …
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