Dovecot
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== Configuration == | == Configuration == | ||
| − | The configuration file resides in <tt>/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf</tt>. | + | The configuration file resides in <tt>/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf</tt>. Dovecot has very reasonable defaults, so not many settings need to be changed. |
| − | === Mail location === | + | === Main configuration === |
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| + | ==== Protocols ==== | ||
| + | We only support IMAP over SSL/TLS: | ||
| + | protocols = imaps | ||
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| + | ==== Mail location ==== | ||
As we have a unified virtual users IMAP setup, the Maildir directory can be determined using a template: | 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 | mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n | ||
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| + | ==== Mail extra groups ==== | ||
| + | The Ubuntu default configuration has group ''mail'' added by default; this is not needed in our configuration. | ||
| + | #mail_extra_groups = mail | ||
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| + | ==== Maildir optimizations ==== | ||
| + | When copying a message, do it with hard links whenever possible. This makes | ||
| + | the performance much better, and it's unlikely to have any side effects. | ||
| + | maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Mail]] for Dovecot LDA configuration, and the rest of the mail system. | ||
[[Category:Mail]] | [[Category:Mail]] | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 14 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.
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Configuration
The configuration file resides in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. Dovecot has very reasonable defaults, so not many settings need to be changed.
Main configuration
Protocols
We only support IMAP over SSL/TLS:
protocols = imaps
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
Mail extra groups
The Ubuntu default configuration has group mail added by default; this is not needed in our configuration.
#mail_extra_groups = mail
Maildir optimizations
When copying a message, do it with hard links whenever possible. This makes the performance much better, and it's unlikely to have any side effects.
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
See also
- Mail for Dovecot LDA configuration, and the rest of the mail system.
