Dovecot
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Dovecot can be installed from the Ubuntu <tt>dovecot-imap</tt> package, which also pulls in <tt>dovecot-common</tt>. | Dovecot can be installed from the Ubuntu <tt>dovecot-imap</tt> package, which also pulls in <tt>dovecot-common</tt>. | ||
| + | == Configuration == | ||
The configuration file resides in <tt>/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf</tt>. | The configuration file resides in <tt>/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf</tt>. | ||
| + | === Mail location === | ||
| + | As we have a unified virtual users IMAP setup, the Maildir directory can be determined using a template: | ||
| + | mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n | ||
[[Category:Mail]] | [[Category:Mail]] | ||
Revision as of 13:48, 12 May 2007
Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server, and is used on Wikimedia's IMAP server sanger.
Dovecot can be installed from the Ubuntu dovecot-imap package, which also pulls in dovecot-common.
Configuration
The configuration file resides in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf.
Mail location
As we have a unified virtual users IMAP setup, the Maildir directory can be determined using a template:
mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n
