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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[category:software]][[Dovecot]] is [[email server]] [[software]]. {{wikipedia|Dovecot (software)}} describes it as just a [[POP3]] and [[Internet Mail Access Protocol|IMAP]] server, but [[Ubuntu]] packages it as a "stack" which provides both [[Mail Transfer Agent|MTA]] and [[Mail Delivery Agent|MDA]] functionality. | [[category:software]][[Dovecot]] is [[email server]] [[software]]. {{wikipedia|Dovecot (software)}} describes it as just a [[POP3]] and [[Internet Mail Access Protocol|IMAP]] server, but [[Ubuntu]] packages it as a "stack" which provides both [[Mail Transfer Agent|MTA]] and [[Mail Delivery Agent|MDA]] functionality. | ||
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| + | ===Helper Binaries=== | ||
| + | Dovecot includes a number of helper command-line binaries; existing documentation for these is hard to find. Typical locations for these commands are: | ||
| + | * /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/ | ||
| + | * /usr/lib/dovecot/ | ||
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| + | Binaries include: | ||
| + | * [[/deliver]]: can be used by [[Postfix]] when delivering mail to user mailboxes | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
For Ubuntu 10.04 (whatever version of dovecot that corresponds to), some of the settings in [[dovecot.conf]] have been pushed out to sub-files. When dovecot is paired with [[postfix]], the files appear to be: | For Ubuntu 10.04 (whatever version of dovecot that corresponds to), some of the settings in [[dovecot.conf]] have been pushed out to sub-files. When dovecot is paired with [[postfix]], the files appear to be: | ||
Revision as of 18:17, 25 September 2010
Overview
Dovecot is email server software. Wikipedia describes it as just a POP3 and IMAP server, but Ubuntu packages it as a "stack" which provides both MTA and MDA functionality.
Helper Binaries
Dovecot includes a number of helper command-line binaries; existing documentation for these is hard to find. Typical locations for these commands are:
- /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/
- /usr/lib/dovecot/
Binaries include:
Notes
For Ubuntu 10.04 (whatever version of dovecot that corresponds to), some of the settings in dovecot.conf have been pushed out to sub-files. When dovecot is paired with postfix, the files appear to be:
- auth.d/01-dovecot-postfix.auth
- conf.d/01-dovecot-postfix.conf
If you are experiencing an error where dovecot complains that it can't find cmusieve – like this:
Fatal: Plugin cmusieve not found from directory /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda
– then edit the 01-dovecot-postfix.conf file and change "cmusieve" to "sieve". --Woozle 17:41, 23 May 2010 (UTC)