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Added info_log_file setting and i_info() function to write to it. Default is
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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 # Port to listen in for IMAP connections. This port is used for TLS | |
10 # connections as well. Setting it to 0 disables it. | |
11 #imap_port = 143 | |
12 | |
13 # Port to listen in for SSL IMAP connections. Setting it to 0 disables it. | |
14 #imaps_port = 993 | |
15 | |
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16 # IP or host address where to listen in for IMAP connections. It's not |
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17 # possible to specify multiple addresses. "*" listens in all IPv4 interfaces. |
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18 # "::" listens in all IPv6 interfaces, but may also listen in all IPv4 |
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19 # interfaces depending on the operating system. |
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20 #imap_listen = * |
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22 # IP or host address where to listen in for SSL IMAP connections. Defaults | |
23 # to imap_listen if not specified. | |
24 #imaps_listen = | |
25 | |
666 | 26 # Disable SSL support. |
27 #ssl_disable = no | |
28 | |
519 | 29 # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before |
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30 # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but |
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31 # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed |
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32 # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf |
0 | 33 #ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/imapd.pem |
34 #ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/imapd.pem | |
35 | |
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36 # SSL parameter file. Master process generates this file for login processes. |
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37 # It contains Diffie Hellman and RSA parameters. |
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38 #ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat |
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40 # How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU |
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41 # intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration |
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42 # entirely. |
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43 #ssl_parameters_regenerate = 24 |
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0 | 45 # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless |
46 # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability) | |
47 #disable_plaintext_auth = no | |
48 | |
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49 # Use this logfile instead of syslog() |
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50 #log_path = |
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53 #info_log_path = |
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55 # Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3) |
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56 # format. Note the extra space at the end of line. |
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57 #log_timestamp = %b %d %H:%M:%S |
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0 | 59 ## |
60 ## Login process | |
61 ## | |
62 | |
63 # Executable location | |
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64 #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login |
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66 # User to use for imap-login process | |
67 #login_user = imapd | |
68 | |
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69 # Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use |
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70 # login_process_per_connection you might need to grow this. |
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71 #login_process_size = 16 |
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0 | 73 # Directory where imap-auth places authentication UNIX sockets which login |
74 # needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created when running as | |
75 # root, so you don't need to give imap-auth any access for it. | |
76 #login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login | |
77 | |
435 | 78 # chroot imap-login process to the login_dir. Only reason not to do this |
0 | 79 # is if you wish to run the whole imapd without roots. |
80 #login_chroot = yes | |
81 | |
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82 # Should each login be processed in it's own process (yes), or should one |
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83 # login process be allowed to process multiple connections (no)? Yes is more |
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84 # secure, espcially with SSL/TLS enabled. No is faster since there's no need |
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85 # to create processes all the time. |
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86 #login_process_per_connection = yes |
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88 # Number of imap-login processes to create. If login_process_per_user is |
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89 # yes, this is the number of extra processes waiting for users to log in. |
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90 #login_processes_count = 3 |
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92 # Maximum number of extra login processes to create. The extra process count |
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93 # usually stays at login_processes_count, but when multiple users start logging |
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94 # in at the same time more extra processes are created. To prevent fork-bombing |
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95 # we check only once in a second if new processes should be created - if all |
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96 # of them are used at the time, we double their amount until limit set by this |
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97 # setting is reached. This setting is used only if login_process_per_use is yes. |
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98 #login_max_processes_count = 128 |
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103 # logging in actually login_processes_count * max_logging_users. |
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105 | |
106 ## | |
107 ## IMAP process | |
108 ## | |
109 | |
110 # Executable location | |
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111 #imap_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap |
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118 # new users aren't allowed to log in. | |
119 #max_imap_processes = 1024 | |
120 | |
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121 # Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and |
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0 | 126 # Valid UID/GID ranges for imap users, defaults to 500 and above. |
127 # Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to imap-master binary and | |
128 # can't be done even if first_valid_uid is set to 0. | |
129 #first_valid_uid = 500 | |
130 #last_valid_uid = 0 | |
131 | |
132 #first_valid_gid = 1 | |
133 #last_valid_gid = 0 | |
134 | |
135 # ':' separated list of directories under which chrooting is allowed for imap | |
136 # processes (ie. /var/mail will allow chrooting to /var/mail/foo/bar too). | |
137 # WARNING: Never add directories here which local users can modify, that | |
138 # may lead to root exploit. Usually this should be done only if you don't | |
139 # allow shell access for users. | |
140 #valid_chroot_dirs = | |
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161 # Different IMAP clients work in different ways, that's why Dovecot by default |
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162 # only caches MessagePart which speeds up most operations. Whenever client |
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163 # does something where caching could be used, the field is automatically marked |
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164 # to be cached later. For example after FETCH BODY the BODY will be cached |
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167 # the index files larger and generate useless I/O. |
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169 # With maildir there's one extra optimization - if nothing is cached, indexing |
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170 # the maildir becomes much faster since it's not opening any of the mail files. |
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177 # new mail notifications to client - internally they may be checked more or |
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183 # Useful if you want to save disk space at the cost of more I/O when the fields |
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184 # needed. |
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187 # Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF. This makes sending those mails |
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188 # take less CPU, especially with sendfile() syscall with Linux and FreeBSD. |
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189 # But it also creates a bit more disk I/O which may just make it slower. |
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190 #mail_save_crlf = no |
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193 # faster with my Linux/x86 and it's better with NFS, so that's the default. |
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194 #mail_read_mmaped = no |
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0 | 196 # Copy mail to another folders using hard links. This is much faster than |
197 # actually copying the file. Only problem with it is that if either of the | |
198 # mails are modified directly both will change. This isn't a problem with | |
199 # IMAP however since it offers no way to modify the existing mails. Also | |
200 # at least mutt modifies mails by deleting the old one and inserting a new | |
201 # modified mail. So if performance matters at all you should turn this on. | |
202 #maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no | |
203 | |
204 # Check if mails' content has been changed by external programs. This slows | |
205 # down things as extra stat() needs to be called for each file. | |
206 #maildir_check_content_changes = no | |
207 | |
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208 # Which locking methods to use for locking mbox. All of them are used by |
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209 # default. flock is ignored in systems which don't have it. Note that the |
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210 # order of fcntl and flock are important to prevent deadlocks if they're both |
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211 # also used by other programs accessing the mailbox. Dotlock file is always |
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212 # created first. |
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213 #mbox_locks = dotlock fcntl flock |
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216 # this to yes hurts the performance when the mailbox is accessed simultaneously |
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217 # by multiple processes, but it's needed for reliable reading if no other |
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218 # locking methods are available. |
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219 #mbox_read_dotlock = no |
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221 # Maximum time in seconds to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting. |
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222 #mbox_lock_timeout = 300 |
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224 # If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the |
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225 # lock file after this many seconds. |
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226 #mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 30 |
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231 # mailboxes (eg. via NFS), it's safe to set this "yes". |
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235 #umask = 0077 | |
236 | |
237 ## | |
238 ## Authentication processes | |
239 ## | |
240 | |
241 # You can have multiple processes; each time "auth = xx" is seen, a new | |
242 # process definition is started. The point of multiple processes is to be | |
243 # able to set stricter permissions to others. For example, plain/PAM | |
244 # authentication requires roots, but if you also use digest-md5 authentication | |
245 # for some users, you can authenticate them without any privileges in a | |
246 # separate auth process. Just remember that only one auth process is asked | |
247 # for the password, so you can't have different passwords with different | |
248 # processes (unless they have different auth methods, and you're ok with | |
249 # having different password for each method). | |
250 | |
251 # Authentication process name. | |
252 auth = default | |
253 | |
284 | 254 # Authentication methods this process allows separated with a space. |
255 # Currently supported: plain digest-md5 | |
0 | 256 auth_methods = plain |
257 | |
258 # Space separated list of realms with authentication methods that need them. | |
259 # This is usually empty or the host name of the server (eg. | |
260 # mail.mycompany.com). | |
261 # - plain auth checks the password from all realms specified in here | |
262 # - digest-md5 must have the password added for each realm separately, and | |
263 # many clients simply use the first realm listed here. so if you really | |
264 # need to add more realms, add them to end of the list. | |
265 #auth_realms = | |
266 | |
267 # Where the user information and passwords are stored into: | |
268 # passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam() | |
269 # shadow: /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam() | |
270 # pam: PAM authentication | |
271 # passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap: /etc/passwd-like file. Supports digest-md5 | |
272 # style passwords | |
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283 # roots, so use something else if possible. | |
284 auth_user = root | |
285 | |
435 | 286 # Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't |
287 # work if this is set, and there's no point chrooting if auth_user is root. | |
0 | 288 #auth_chroot = |
289 | |
290 # Number of authentication processes to create | |
291 #auth_count = 1 | |
292 | |
293 | |
294 # digest-md5 authentication process. It requires special MD5 passwords which | |
295 # /etc/shadow and PAM doesn't support, so we never need roots to handle it. | |
296 # Note that the passwd-file is opened before chrooting and dropping root | |
297 # privileges, so it may be 0600-root owned file. | |
298 | |
299 #auth = digest_md5 | |
300 #auth_methods = digest-md5 | |
301 #auth_realms = | |
302 #auth_userinfo = passwd-file /etc/passwd.imap | |
303 #auth_user = imapauth | |
304 #auth_chroot = /var/run/dovecot/auth | |
305 | |
306 # if you plan to use only passwd-file, you don't need the two auth processes, | |
307 # simply set "auth_methods = plain digest-md5" |