Mercurial > dovecot > original-hg > dovecot-1.2
view doc/documentation.txt @ 5441:9d36800df1ae HEAD
Added documentation to doc/wiki/. autogen.sh downloads them from dovecot.org
if they don't exist. Changed wiki links in dovecot-example.conf to point to
the doc/wiki/ directory instead.
author | Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> |
---|---|
date | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:50:53 +0300 |
parents | |
children | 950feba5248e |
line wrap: on
line source
The documentation in wiki/ directory has been imported from http://wiki.dovecot.org/. The actual Wiki may contain more up-to-date information, so unless this is an old Dovecot release, you may want to use the Wiki directly. Documentation Index =================== * <QuickConfiguration.txt> for people in hurry * <WhyDoesItNotWork.txt> - Why doesn't Dovecot work? 1. Welcome to the Dovecot Wiki 2. Dovecot Wiki Contents 3. Generic information about mail servers 4. A simple Dovecot installation 5. Full guide to setting up a new Dovecot installation 6. Examples / Scenarios 7. Migration from existing systems 8. Troubleshooting 9. Tuning 10. Reference 11. Misc Generic information about mail servers ====================================== * Mail protocols: IMAP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap], POP3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop3] and SMTP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smtp] * <Mail delivery agents and Sieve> [MDA.txt] * <Mailbox formats> [MailboxFormat.txt] * <User authentication> [Authentication.txt] * <SASL> [Sasl.txt] A simple Dovecot installation ============================= It's a good idea to start with a simple Dovecot installation to see that everything works. After that you can start changing things one at a time, so if you run into trouble you know immediately where the problem is. If you're in a hurry and you already know enough about mail servers, <QuickConfiguration.txt> may be more helpful to you instead. 1. Installing * <Compiling from sources> [CompilingSource.txt] * <Installing prebuilt binaries> [PrebuiltBinaries.txt] 2. <Checking where mail is delivered to> [FindMailLocation.txt] 3. <Configuring Dovecot> [BasicConfiguration.txt] 4. <Running Dovecot> [RunningDovecot.txt] 5. <Logging.txt> 6. <Testing that everything works> [TestInstallation.txt] * <Testing POP3 installation> [TestPop3Installation.txt] 7. <Finishing the test installation> [FinishBasicConfiguration.txt] Full guide to setting up a new Dovecot installation =================================================== This guide assumes that you have already managed to run Dovecot successfully, as described in the "A simple Dovecot installation" guide above. * Starting guidelines * <System users> [SystemUsers.txt] * <Virtual users> [VirtualUsers.txt] * <UNIX User IDs used by Dovecot> [UserIds.txt] * <Authentication configuration> [Authentication.txt] * <Password databases> [PasswordDatabase.txt] * <User databases> [UserDatabase.txt] * <Multiple authentication databases> [Authentication.MultipleDatabases.txt] * <Kerberos> [Authentication.Kerberos.txt] * <Restricting users' access> [Authentication.RestrictAccess.txt] * <Special authentication features> [PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.txt] * <Master users> [Authentication.MasterUsers.txt] * <Mailbox location configuration> [MailLocation.txt] * <Mails stored in local disk> [MailLocation.LocalDisk.txt] * <Mails stored in shared filesystem> [MailLocation.SharedDisk.txt] (<NFS.txt>, clustered FS) * <Maildir configuration> [MailLocation.Maildir.txt] * <Mbox configuration> [MailLocation.Mbox.txt] * <Namespaces.txt> * <Shared mailboxes> [SharedMailboxes.txt] * <Login processes and their settings> [LoginProcess.txt] * <SSL.txt> settings and certificate creation * <Plugins.txt> * <Quota.txt> * <Access Control Lists> [ACL.txt] (ACLs) * <Dovecot as a POP3 server> [POP3Server.txt] * <Dovecot's local delivery agent> [LDA.txt] * <Post-login scripting> [PostLoginScripting.txt] Examples / Scenarios ==================== See this section in http://wiki.dovecot.org/ * <Rootless installation> [Rootless.txt] * <POP-before-SMTP> [PopBSMTPAndDovecot.txt] * <Pop Relay Compatibility> [PopRelay.txt] Migration from existing systems =============================== * <From other IMAP/POP3 servers> [Migration.txt] * <My mailboxes are lost after migrating to Dovecot!> [MissingMailboxes.txt] * <Upgrading from Dovecot 0.99.x to 1.0> [UpgradingDovecot.txt] * <Converting between mailbox formats> [Migration.MailFormat.txt] (mbox <-> Maildir, etc.) Troubleshooting =============== * <Why doesn't Dovecot work?> [WhyDoesItNotWork.txt] * <Finding the error message from logs> [Logging.txt] * <Debugging authentication> [Debugging.Authentication.txt] * <Process tracing> [Debugging.ProcessTracing.txt] is useful when Dovecot seems slow or hangs completely * <mbox errors and crashes> [MboxProblems.txt] * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt] * <Debugging using Thunderbird's logging> [Debugging.Thunderbird.txt] * Sending bug reports [http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html], debugging crashes and sniffing network traffic Tuning ====== * <Performance tuning> [PerformanceTuning.txt] * <Security tuning> [SecurityTuning.txt] * <Chrooting.txt> Reference ========= * <Command line arguments> [CommandLine.txt] * <Dovecot's design> [Design.txt] * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt] Misc ==== * <Listening on Additional Ports> [Iptables.txt] using IP Tables