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* [[/deliver]]: can be used by [[Postfix]] when delivering mail to user mailboxes
 
* [[/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:
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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
 
* auth.d/01-dovecot-postfix.auth
 
* conf.d/01-dovecot-postfix.conf
 
* conf.d/01-dovecot-postfix.conf
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  Fatal: Plugin cmusieve not found from directory /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda
 
  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". --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 17:41, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 
– then edit the 01-dovecot-postfix.conf file and change "cmusieve" to "sieve". --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 17:41, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
===Reference===
 
===Reference===

Revision as of 18:27, 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)

Links

Reference