Dovecot - IMAP and POP3 Server

Email Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Dovecot - IMAP and POP3 Server

This chapter provides introductions and tutorial examples about Dovecot - IMAP and POP3 Server. Topics include installing, configuring, and starting Dovecot; testing Dovecot server using POP3 and IMAP commands with 'telnet'; turning on Dovecot server logging; using 'doveadm' command to manage Dovecot server.

What Is Dovecot

Install and Configure Dovecot on CentOS

Test Dovecot IMAP Server with "telnet" Client

Test Dovecot POP3 Server with "telnet" Client

Keep Deleted Emails on Dovecot

Turn on Dovecot Server Logging for Troubleshooting

"doveadm" Command - Dovecot's Administration Utility

Takeaways:

Dovecot is a free and open-source POP3 and IMAP server that allows clients to retrieve electronic mails from Linux systems.
Dovecot configuration files is located in /etc/dovecot/ directory.
Dovecot server accepts IMAP client requests at port 143 in plain text mode from the local host only.
Dovecot server accepts POP3 client requests at port 110 in plain text mode from the local host only.
Dovecot server can keep deleted emails hidden and marked as "POP3Deleted" in POP3 service.
Dovecot server logging can be turned on with the 10-logging.conf file.
Dovecot server can be managed by the "doveadm" command.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction to Email

Postfix - Mail Transport Agent (MTA)

SSL/TLS Secure Connections with Postfix Server

►Dovecot - IMAP and POP3 Server

SSL/TLS Secure Connections with Dovecot Server

Email Client Tools - Mail User Agents (MUA)

Mozilla Thunderbird - Mail User Agents (MUA)

PHPMailer - PHP Package for Sending Emails

Email Message Format and Headers

References

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