Mercurial > dovecot > original-hg > dovecot-1.2
diff INSTALL @ 1908:0615c22cbda5 HEAD
updates about running it
author | Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> |
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date | Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:50:54 +0200 |
parents | 587f7911b93d |
children | cbe5c6772e0d |
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--- a/INSTALL Mon Jan 19 19:07:21 2004 +0200 +++ b/INSTALL Fri Jan 23 21:50:54 2004 +0200 @@ -7,13 +7,7 @@ make sudo make install -is enough. This installs Dovecot under /usr/local. You must also rename the -configuration file to get it to work: - - mv /usr/local/etc/dovecot-example.conf /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf - -Read through it, make needed modifications and start dovecot binary. -doc/configuration.txt tells you more about configuring Dovecot. +is enough. This installs Dovecot under /usr/local. If you have installed some libraries into locations which require special include or library paths, you can give them in CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS @@ -22,6 +16,24 @@ CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/openssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/openssl/lib ./configure +Running +------- + +Rename configuration file: + + mv /usr/local/etc/dovecot-example.conf /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf + +Read through, and make needed modifications. doc/configuration.txt tells +you more about configuring Dovecot. + +Once everything is configured, there's two ways to start Dovecot: + + 1) Run "dovecot" binary which does everything. + + 2) Start it via inetd or similiar by executing "imap-login" or "pop3-login" + binaries. If you're listening in SSL port, add --ssl parameter. + + SSL/TLS -------