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10 * <WhyDoesItNotWork.txt> - Why doesn't Dovecot work? 10 * <WhyDoesItNotWork.txt> - Why doesn't Dovecot work?
11 11
12 1. Welcome to the Dovecot Wiki 12 1. Welcome to the Dovecot Wiki
13 2. Dovecot Wiki Contents 13 2. Dovecot Wiki Contents
14 3. Generic information about mail servers 14 3. Generic information about mail servers
15 4. A simple Dovecot installation 15 4. Dovecot installation
16 5. Full guide to setting up a new Dovecot installation 16 5. Dovecot configuration
17 6. Examples / Scenarios 17 6. HOWTOs, examples and tutorials
18 7. Migration from existing systems 18 7. Migration from existing systems
19 8. Troubleshooting 19 8. Troubleshooting
20 9. Tuning 20 9. Tuning
21 10. Reference 21 10. Reference
22 11. Misc 22 11. Misc
27 * Mail protocols: IMAP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap], POP3 27 * Mail protocols: IMAP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap], POP3
28 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop3] and SMTP 28 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop3] and SMTP
29 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smtp] 29 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smtp]
30 * <Mail delivery agents and Sieve> [MDA.txt] 30 * <Mail delivery agents and Sieve> [MDA.txt]
31 * <Mailbox formats> [MailboxFormat.txt] 31 * <Mailbox formats> [MailboxFormat.txt]
32 * <Dovecot's index files> [IndexFiles.txt]
32 * <User authentication> [Authentication.txt] 33 * <User authentication> [Authentication.txt]
33 * <SASL> [Sasl.txt] 34 * <SASL> [Sasl.txt]
34 35
35 A simple Dovecot installation 36 Dovecot installation
36 ============================= 37 ====================
37 38
38 It's a good idea to start with a simple Dovecot installation to see that 39 It's a good idea to start with a simple Dovecot installation to see that
39 everything works. After that you can start changing things one at a time, so if 40 everything works. After that you can start changing things one at a time, so if
40 you run into trouble you know immediately where the problem is. 41 you run into trouble you know immediately where the problem is.
41 42
51 5. <Logging.txt> 52 5. <Logging.txt>
52 6. <Testing that everything works> [TestInstallation.txt] 53 6. <Testing that everything works> [TestInstallation.txt]
53 * <Testing POP3 installation> [TestPop3Installation.txt] 54 * <Testing POP3 installation> [TestPop3Installation.txt]
54 7. <Finishing the test installation> [FinishBasicConfiguration.txt] 55 7. <Finishing the test installation> [FinishBasicConfiguration.txt]
55 56
56 Full guide to setting up a new Dovecot installation 57 Dovecot configuration
57 =================================================== 58 =====================
58
59 This guide assumes that you have already managed to run Dovecot successfully,
60 as described in the "A simple Dovecot installation" guide above.
61 59
62 * Starting guidelines 60 * Starting guidelines
63 * <System users> [SystemUsers.txt] 61 * <System users> [SystemUsers.txt]
64 * <Virtual users> [VirtualUsers.txt] 62 * <Virtual users> [VirtualUsers.txt]
65 * <UNIX User IDs used by Dovecot> [UserIds.txt] 63 * <UNIX User IDs used by Dovecot> [UserIds.txt]
87 * <Access Control Lists> [ACL.txt] (ACLs) 85 * <Access Control Lists> [ACL.txt] (ACLs)
88 * <Dovecot as a POP3 server> [POP3Server.txt] 86 * <Dovecot as a POP3 server> [POP3Server.txt]
89 * <Dovecot's local delivery agent> [LDA.txt] 87 * <Dovecot's local delivery agent> [LDA.txt]
90 * <Post-login scripting> [PostLoginScripting.txt] 88 * <Post-login scripting> [PostLoginScripting.txt]
91 89
92 Examples / Scenarios 90 HOWTOs, examples and tutorials
93 ==================== 91 ==============================
94 92
95 See this section in http://wiki.dovecot.org/ 93 Some HOWTOs haven't been included in wiki/. Use http://wiki.dovecot.org/
94 instead.
96 95
97 * <Rootless installation> [Rootless.txt] 96 * <HOWTOs, examples and tutorials> [HowTo.txt] for different installations
98 * <POP-before-SMTP> [PopBSMTPAndDovecot.txt] 97 * Existing Dovecot installations
99 * <Pop Relay Compatibility> [PopRelay.txt] 98 [http://wiki.dovecot.org/DovecotServerInstallations]
100 99
101 Migration from existing systems 100 Migration from existing systems
102 =============================== 101 ===============================
103 102
104 * <From other IMAP/POP3 servers> [Migration.txt] 103 * <From other IMAP/POP3 servers> [Migration.txt]
116 * <Debugging authentication> [Debugging.Authentication.txt] 115 * <Debugging authentication> [Debugging.Authentication.txt]
117 * <Process tracing> [Debugging.ProcessTracing.txt] is useful when Dovecot 116 * <Process tracing> [Debugging.ProcessTracing.txt] is useful when Dovecot
118 seems slow or hangs completely 117 seems slow or hangs completely
119 * <mbox errors and crashes> [MboxProblems.txt] 118 * <mbox errors and crashes> [MboxProblems.txt]
120 * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt] 119 * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt]
120 * <Negative UIDs / message sets> [Clients.NegativeUIDs.txt]
121 * <Debugging using Thunderbird's logging> [Debugging.Thunderbird.txt] 121 * <Debugging using Thunderbird's logging> [Debugging.Thunderbird.txt]
122 * <"Time moved backwards" error> [TimeMovedBackwards.txt]
122 * Sending bug reports [http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html], debugging crashes 123 * Sending bug reports [http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html], debugging crashes
123 and sniffing network traffic 124 and sniffing network traffic
124 125
125 Tuning 126 Tuning
126 ====== 127 ======
137 * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt] 138 * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt]
138 139
139 Misc 140 Misc
140 ==== 141 ====
141 142
142 * <Listening on Additional Ports> [Iptables.txt] using IP Tables 143 * <Listening on Additional Ports> [Iptables.txt] using IP Tables or socat