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0 | 1 ## Dovecot 1.0 configuration file |
2 | |
3 # Default values are shown after each value, it's not required to uncomment | |
435 | 4 # any of the lines. Exception to this are paths, they're just examples |
5 # with real defaults being based on configure options. The paths listed here | |
6 # are for configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var | |
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7 # --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl |
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9 # Base directory where to store runtime data. |
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10 #base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ |
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0 | 12 # Port to listen in for IMAP connections. This port is used for TLS |
13 # connections as well. Setting it to 0 disables it. | |
14 #imap_port = 143 | |
15 | |
16 # Port to listen in for SSL IMAP connections. Setting it to 0 disables it. | |
17 #imaps_port = 993 | |
18 | |
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19 # IP or host address where to listen in for IMAP connections. It's not |
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20 # possible to specify multiple addresses. "*" listens in all IPv4 interfaces. |
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21 # "::" listens in all IPv6 interfaces, but may also listen in all IPv4 |
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22 # interfaces depending on the operating system. |
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23 #imap_listen = * |
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25 # IP or host address where to listen in for SSL IMAP connections. Defaults | |
26 # to imap_listen if not specified. | |
27 #imaps_listen = | |
28 | |
666 | 29 # Disable SSL support. |
30 #ssl_disable = no | |
31 | |
519 | 32 # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before |
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33 # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but |
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34 # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed |
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35 # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf |
0 | 36 #ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/imapd.pem |
37 #ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/imapd.pem | |
38 | |
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39 # SSL parameter file. Master process generates this file for login processes. |
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40 # It contains Diffie Hellman and RSA parameters. |
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41 #ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat |
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43 # How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU |
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44 # intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration |
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45 # entirely. |
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46 #ssl_parameters_regenerate = 24 |
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0 | 48 # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless |
49 # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability) | |
50 #disable_plaintext_auth = no | |
51 | |
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52 # Use this logfile instead of syslog() |
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55 # For informational messages, use this logfile instead of the default |
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58 # Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3) |
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59 # format. Note the extra space at the end of line. |
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60 #log_timestamp = %b %d %H:%M:%S |
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0 | 62 ## |
63 ## Login process | |
64 ## | |
65 | |
66 # Executable location | |
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67 #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login |
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69 # User to use for imap-login process | |
70 #login_user = imapd | |
71 | |
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72 # Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use |
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73 # login_process_per_connection you might need to grow this. |
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74 #login_process_size = 16 |
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0 | 76 # Directory where imap-auth places authentication UNIX sockets which login |
77 # needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created when running as | |
78 # root, so you don't need to give imap-auth any access for it. | |
79 #login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login | |
80 | |
435 | 81 # chroot imap-login process to the login_dir. Only reason not to do this |
0 | 82 # is if you wish to run the whole imapd without roots. |
83 #login_chroot = yes | |
84 | |
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85 # Should each login be processed in it's own process (yes), or should one |
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86 # login process be allowed to process multiple connections (no)? Yes is more |
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87 # secure, espcially with SSL/TLS enabled. No is faster since there's no need |
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88 # to create processes all the time. |
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89 #login_process_per_connection = yes |
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92 # yes, this is the number of extra processes waiting for users to log in. |
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93 #login_processes_count = 3 |
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95 # Maximum number of extra login processes to create. The extra process count |
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96 # usually stays at login_processes_count, but when multiple users start logging |
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97 # in at the same time more extra processes are created. To prevent fork-bombing |
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99 # of them are used at the time, we double their amount until limit set by this |
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100 # setting is reached. This setting is used only if login_process_per_use is yes. |
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106 # logging in actually login_processes_count * max_logging_users. |
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108 | |
109 ## | |
110 ## IMAP process | |
111 ## | |
112 | |
113 # Executable location | |
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117 # files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high. |
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121 # new users aren't allowed to log in. | |
122 #max_imap_processes = 1024 | |
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130 # Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to imap-master binary and | |
131 # can't be done even if first_valid_uid is set to 0. | |
132 #first_valid_uid = 500 | |
133 #last_valid_uid = 0 | |
134 | |
135 #first_valid_gid = 1 | |
136 #last_valid_gid = 0 | |
137 | |
138 # ':' separated list of directories under which chrooting is allowed for imap | |
139 # processes (ie. /var/mail will allow chrooting to /var/mail/foo/bar too). | |
140 # WARNING: Never add directories here which local users can modify, that | |
141 # may lead to root exploit. Usually this should be done only if you don't | |
142 # allow shell access for users. | |
143 #valid_chroot_dirs = | |
144 | |
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165 # fields are allowed followed by a list of commands they speed up: |
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167 # Envelope - FETCH ENVELOPE and SEARCH FROM, TO, CC, BCC, SUBJECT, |
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178 # only caches MessagePart which speeds up most operations. Whenever client |
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179 # does something where caching could be used, the field is automatically marked |
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180 # to be cached later. For example after FETCH BODY the BODY will be cached |
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181 # for all new messages. Normally you should leave this alone, unless you know |
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182 # what most of your IMAP clients are. Caching more fields than needed makes |
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183 # the index files larger and generate useless I/O. |
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185 # With maildir there's one extra optimization - if nothing is cached, indexing |
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186 # the maildir becomes much faster since it's not opening any of the mail files. |
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187 # This could be useful if your IMAP clients access only new mails. |
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189 #mail_cache_fields = MessagePart |
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193 # new mail notifications to client - internally they may be checked more or |
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199 # Useful if you want to save disk space at the cost of more I/O when the fields |
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200 # needed. |
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203 # Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF. This makes sending those mails |
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204 # take less CPU, especially with sendfile() syscall with Linux and FreeBSD. |
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205 # But it also creates a bit more disk I/O which may just make it slower. |
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206 #mail_save_crlf = no |
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209 # faster with my Linux/x86 and it's better with NFS, so that's the default. |
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0 | 212 # Copy mail to another folders using hard links. This is much faster than |
213 # actually copying the file. Only problem with it is that if either of the | |
214 # mails are modified directly both will change. This isn't a problem with | |
215 # IMAP however since it offers no way to modify the existing mails. Also | |
216 # at least mutt modifies mails by deleting the old one and inserting a new | |
217 # modified mail. So if performance matters at all you should turn this on. | |
218 #maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no | |
219 | |
220 # Check if mails' content has been changed by external programs. This slows | |
221 # down things as extra stat() needs to be called for each file. | |
222 #maildir_check_content_changes = no | |
223 | |
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225 # default. flock is ignored in systems which don't have it. Note that the |
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226 # order of fcntl and flock are important to prevent deadlocks if they're both |
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227 # also used by other programs accessing the mailbox. Dotlock file is always |
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228 # created first. |
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229 #mbox_locks = dotlock fcntl flock |
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232 # this to yes hurts the performance when the mailbox is accessed simultaneously |
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233 # by multiple processes, but it's needed for reliable reading if no other |
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234 # locking methods are available. |
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235 #mbox_read_dotlock = no |
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237 # Maximum time in seconds to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting. |
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240 # If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the |
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241 # lock file after this many seconds. |
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247 # mailboxes (eg. via NFS), it's safe to set this "yes". |
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251 #umask = 0077 | |
252 | |
253 ## | |
254 ## Authentication processes | |
255 ## | |
256 | |
257 # You can have multiple processes; each time "auth = xx" is seen, a new | |
258 # process definition is started. The point of multiple processes is to be | |
259 # able to set stricter permissions to others. For example, plain/PAM | |
260 # authentication requires roots, but if you also use digest-md5 authentication | |
261 # for some users, you can authenticate them without any privileges in a | |
262 # separate auth process. Just remember that only one auth process is asked | |
263 # for the password, so you can't have different passwords with different | |
264 # processes (unless they have different auth methods, and you're ok with | |
265 # having different password for each method). | |
266 | |
267 # Authentication process name. | |
268 auth = default | |
269 | |
284 | 270 # Authentication methods this process allows separated with a space. |
271 # Currently supported: plain digest-md5 | |
0 | 272 auth_methods = plain |
273 | |
274 # Space separated list of realms with authentication methods that need them. | |
275 # This is usually empty or the host name of the server (eg. | |
276 # mail.mycompany.com). | |
277 # - plain auth checks the password from all realms specified in here | |
278 # - digest-md5 must have the password added for each realm separately, and | |
279 # many clients simply use the first realm listed here. so if you really | |
280 # need to add more realms, add them to end of the list. | |
281 #auth_realms = | |
282 | |
283 # Where the user information and passwords are stored into: | |
284 # passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam() | |
285 # shadow: /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam() | |
286 # pam: PAM authentication | |
287 # passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap: /etc/passwd-like file. Supports digest-md5 | |
288 # style passwords | |
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0 | 298 # User to use for the process. Only shadow and pam authentication requires |
299 # roots, so use something else if possible. | |
300 auth_user = root | |
301 | |
435 | 302 # Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't |
303 # work if this is set, and there's no point chrooting if auth_user is root. | |
0 | 304 #auth_chroot = |
305 | |
306 # Number of authentication processes to create | |
307 #auth_count = 1 | |
308 | |
309 | |
310 # digest-md5 authentication process. It requires special MD5 passwords which | |
311 # /etc/shadow and PAM doesn't support, so we never need roots to handle it. | |
312 # Note that the passwd-file is opened before chrooting and dropping root | |
313 # privileges, so it may be 0600-root owned file. | |
314 | |
315 #auth = digest_md5 | |
316 #auth_methods = digest-md5 | |
317 #auth_realms = | |
318 #auth_userinfo = passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap | |
319 #auth_user = imapauth | |
320 #auth_chroot = /var/run/dovecot/auth | |
321 | |
322 # if you plan to use only passwd-file, you don't need the two auth processes, | |
323 # simply set "auth_methods = plain digest-md5" |