Questions tagged [dovecot]
Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind.
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imap indexing on postfix server
Situation I have a Postfix mail server that uses NFS mounted home directories. Each user’s inbox is located in /var/mail/user, while secondary mail folders are stored within the user’s home directory. ...
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SmartCard authentication for Dovecot using Microsoft Active Directory as the authentication backend
I have set up successfully an email server with Postfix and Dovecot. I also have succcessfully integrated Dovecot authentication with Microsoft AD. This is, Dovecot queries AD when a user creates or ...
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What DNS records are needed to ensure pop3 delivery from external mail senders succeeds?
My setup: Network: Low spec vps server, Mail server: postfix + dovecot + mysql, OS: ubuntu 16.04 (to be upgraded once mail config is complete). I have a single domain (call it mydomain1.com) ...
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How to get dovecot to use postfix mailbox?
I try to get postfix and dovecot up and running. I have a little problem with the mail-box path that connects both. Postfix virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mydom.org ...
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Apple iPad cannot access IMAP via Dovecot -- SSL unsupported protocol
I have a mail server that has been running for quite some time. Most of my clients use non-Apple devices or are okay with web-clients. I am only now running into this roadblock, because a new client ...
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Dovecot not loading sieve or not filtering
root@debian11:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n # 2.3.13 (89f716dc2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.13 (cdd19fe3) # OS: Linux 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64 Debian 11.8 # Hostname: localhost ...
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migrate courier on Debian 10 to dovecot on Debian 11 with Froxlor
I use [Froxlor][1] on a debian 10 server only to manage my customers email accounts. Installed is Courier 5.0.6 and postfix 3.4.23. I plan this to first upgrade to Debian 11 then migrate to dovecot. ...
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What does the dovecot acl plugin actually do?
Can I reasonably do shared mailboxes without the acl plugin? I do personal mailbox sharing completely with unix permissions: i.e. some accounts put their mailboxes in a unix group so that everyone in ...
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