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QUESTIONS ABOUT POSTFIX ADMINISTRATION ARE OFF-TOPIC. Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server for Linux

Dovecot is an open-source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux originally developed by Timo Sirainen in 2002.

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Edit password_query in Dovecot for 2 factor auth

I want to add two-factor authentication to dovecot and thought of appending a OTP to the normal password a user has then sending that "new" password to Dovecot so i wondered whether it is possible to edit the password_query in dovecot-sql.conf.ext…
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How does an IMAP client choose names to create/use for special folders, because I have 3 "Sent" folders in Outlook

Outlook, IOS and Android clients, as well as the built-in Web-Interface client of this Installation all seem to use different IMAP folder naming schemes. The current bulk of users on that system use Outlook 2010. As well as the above, I also need to…
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Private only dovecot, local docker configuration for one user fails login for Apple Mail

I'm trying to make a local docker-dovecot machine to archive my e-mails. I would like to query them with Apple Mail. I have a simple ubuntu docker machine (on an VM with parallels, because I'm on a Mac). I have this local.conf: # A comma separated…
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Did an apt-get upgrade openssl, now no email is received from other servers

I just did an upgrade on an important server, and now, no email is received from other servers. There is no error in mail.log, or any other log in that sense. It is as if no email even comes to the server from scratch. The server is not rejecting…
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Maillog /bin/sh: /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda: No such file or directory 4.2.1

I just moved to a new server with Plesk pre-installed on it, my sites work now but when I try to send mails I get the following error: Mar 5 13:43:14 www postfix/qmgr[2271]: 9351512650BA: from=, size=572, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 5 …
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Issue with Roundcube on Postfix, Dovecot, MySQL

I am seasoned with Ubuntu, Apache and MySQL but new to the email server world and an looking for some troubleshooting tips with my server configuration. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL as instructed in this tutorial:…
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Postfix/Dovecot SSL configuration

I've had a Ubuntu 14.04 server configured and running fine for some time now. There are web, ftp and mail server installed and functioning properly on it. A week ago the SSL certificate that I had been using to connect to the management console and…
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Dovecot/Amavis restart script (work in progress)

We have a mail server that is dying and in the process of having accounts migrated to a new server before decommissioning. With 800+ email accounts across 25+ domains, it is important for this machine to stay up until migration is finished. …
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telnet localhost 25 auto-disconnect

I trying to use telnet on port 25 at localhost but I get disconnected right after connected. "Trying ::1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host." I can't do nothing... Here is my main.cf for…
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LDAP ldapsearch filter: return uidNumber if person has sub ou=mail

I'm trying to construct a ldap filter for my Postfix setup which acts as the example pseudo code below: return uidNumber OF objectClass=posixAccount IF they have a ou=mail AND the mailAddress in this ou=mail IS EQUAL to test@Mydomain.TLD More…
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run script when postfix/dovecot get new mail

I have: postfix->dovecot-> new mail go to [aaaa@11111.xemple.com] mailbox postfix->dovecot-> new mail go to [aaaa@22222.xemple.com] mailbox postfix->dovecot-> new mail go to [aaaa@33333.xemple.com] mailbox I need run script when incoming mail…
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Exim (Dovecot authenticator) malformed sender address: "user@domain"@domain (should be: user@domain)

I'm running a mail server with CentOS 6.5 / Exim 4.72 / Dovecot 2.0.9, and have the following problem: when I send emails, from Thunderbird, say from the address me@mydomain.com, the email is delivered with the following headers…
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Can't receive mail others than my own

I am currently trying to configure my first Postfix - Dovecot - PostgreSQL installation. When I connect from Thunderbird, I can receive and send mail on my 3 domains with virtual and real mail accounts. Emails are instantaneously sent. It works too…
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Authenticate in Dovecot with plus "+" sign in address

We have dovecot 1.0.15, and when I try to authenticate with email "a+b", I fail to do it. But with email "a_b" it's OK. We didn't configure any "plus addressing" in dovecot. Could anyone please give me advice how to fix this problem with…
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Linux Dovecot not showing all folders using Imap

I set my outlook client to connect to my mail server using imap. The problem is that the only folders i see in outlook are "Inbox" And "Junk mails" Here's my doveconf -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.9.3-x86_64-linode33 x86_64…
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