Package dovecot-1.0.rel0-1

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Dovecot can work with standard mbox and Maildir formats and it's fully compatible with UW-IMAP and Courier IMAP servers' implementation of them, as well as mail clients accessing the mailboxes directly.

Dovecot can use PAM (Plugable Authentication Modules) to authenticate IMAP and POP user accounts. To allow dovecot to use PAM (RECOMMENDED), copy /sw/etc/pam.d/dovecot (or whereever you instaled Fink) to /etc/pam.d/dovecot using the command: sudo cp /sw/etc/pam.d/dovecot /etc/pam.d To use SSL connections for IMAP and POP connections (RECOMMENDED), you will need to generate an SSL certificate. To generate the certificate: sudo cp /sw/share/doc/dovecot/dovecot-openssl.cnf /sw/etc edit /sw/etc/dovecot-openssl.cnf to suit your organization sudo sh /sw/share/doc/dovecot/mkcert.sh edit /sw/etc/dovecot.conf to uncomment the ssl_cert_file and ssl_key_file lines. The dovecot server has been installed to start when you boot the machine. To disable the server, run 'daemonic disable dovecot' as root. This will not kill a running dovecot server, but will prevent the server from automatically starting when you boot the machine. Ensure that you configure dovecot for you system by editing /sw/etc/dovecot.conf as appropriate. You can then start up the dovecot server using 'sudo daemonic enable dovecot' or by rebooting your machine.