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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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Setting up mail accounts without real Linux users

I've setup Postfix and Dovecot on my Ubuntu Server. My aim is to create 27 mail accounts that can receive and send mail to everywhere. I've got emails to not show up as spam in Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook. I send emails with Rainloop and everything is…
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Spamassassin, Dovecot and Postfix: Move spam to folder

I am trying to move Spam detected by spamassassin automatically to the Junk folder on Debian Jessie. I installed Spamassassin and edited the configs: local.cf (spamassassin folder) rewrite_header Subject…
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postfix: relay access denied. How to fix it?

I've been fiddling with main.cf file for a long time but still couldn't find why. I've set up an email server with this tutorial Email with Postfix, Dovecot and MariaDB on CentOS 7 This is the part about postfix: myhostname =…
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What options exist for changing usernames transparently in Webmail?

Currently, we have a fully working POP/IMAP/Webmail system (using Dovecot and Roundcube) that is a gleaming tower of perfection in its intended design. We have thousands of customers who belong to a "default" domain (I'll call it ourdomain.com), and…
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How to correct Dovecot user login to use full domain email in this format "myuser@mydomain.com"

I have configured dovecot and postfix...Email server works fine.. (Webmail and outlook both works..) I have created users using unix command .. usreadd -s /sbin/nologin myuser But i have a concern, if i want to login to webmail or outlook I have…
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Dovecot Certificate Authentication

After implementing certificate authentication on Nginx web server, I would like to do the same on Dovecot mail server. The idea is to create your own CA and manage certificates (both issuing and revoking). To verify the client certificate you need…
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Monit failing to connect to Dovecot over SSL IMAP

I run Monit to keep check on processes on a Debian server. It's working as normal for all other services (Apache SSL, Postfix, SSH etc.) but Monit's checks on Dovecot are failing repeatedly. I think this may have started after installing some…
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Migrating from any IMAP/POP3 server to Dovecot

I am trying to synchronize two mailboxes which reside in different servers. This is due to a migration process. The old server is a courier server and needs to be accessed via IMAP, whereas the new server is a dovecot server. I am trying to follow…
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Dovecot error: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set

I've been trying to get Postfix and Dovecot set up for days and I think I have resolved all problems except for one that just came up. When I try to restart Dovecot I get the following error message: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file…
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How can I migrate Dovecot from one server to another?

I have a Dovecot installation on a Fedora 12 "server" at home and I want to move all my mailboxes onto a virtual CentOS 5 server. How can I do this? Which files to I have to copy? Is it even enough to copy files or do I have to be prepared for some…
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What is the purpose of the < (less than symbol) before path in dovecot settings

In the default dovecot ssl config file the certificate file paths are specified like: ssl_cert =
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Postfix + Dovecot: Create send-only email account

I've got a nice little mail server setup (running Ubuntu Server 16.04) that works a treat. It uses postfix as SMTP, which uses dovecot (IMAP) as an authentication source for virtual mailbox users. It's been working fine, but now I have a second…
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How to make dovecot password independent of server password?

I'm using postfix and dovecot. I want to send and receive email from root. Until I use SSL/TLS certificate, I am using an unencrypted connection. Since my email password is the same as my ssh password, someone could easily sniff the traffic and…
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postfix/dovecot says "postmaster_address setting not given" but it is

I'm trying to configure postfix and dovecot to work together with virtual domains stored in MySQL, but I keep running into this whenever mail is passed from postfix to dovecot. Apr 26 11:54:40 smtp postfix/pipe[13165]: 20CCE1C30D5:…
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Postfix deny relay for some virtual users

I'm using Postfix as MTA and relay. Users that wish to send e-mail from a remote system authenticates and Postfix hands that to Dovecot, and this works well. But how can I limit which users can use SMTP+Authentication, without limiting access to POP…
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