changeset 1908:0615c22cbda5 HEAD

updates about running it
author Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
date Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:50:54 +0200
parents 190f1d315ce6
children a3a6b702c766
files INSTALL
diffstat 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+]
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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
 -------