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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY dovecot-download-http
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| 8 | "http://www.dovecot.org/releases/&dovecot-major;.&dovecot-minor;/dovecot-&dovecot-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY dovecot-download-ftp " ">
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[ab89095] | 10 | <!ENTITY dovecot-md5sum "91576b3411b436234ca5f63e1bbab60d">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY dovecot-size "5.1 MB">
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[224c3b2] | 12 | <!ENTITY dovecot-buildsize "286 MB (with tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY dovecot-time "2.1 SBU (with tests)">
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[8a8b05e] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="dovecot" xreflabel="Dovecot-&dovecot-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="dovecot.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Dovecot-&dovecot-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="dovecot">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Dovecot">Dovecot</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Dovecot</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>Dovecot</application> is an Internet Message Access Protocol
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| 35 | (IMAP) and Post Office Protocol (POP) server, written primarily with
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| 36 | security in mind. <application>Dovecot</application> aims to be
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| 37 | lightweight, fast and easy to set up as well as highly configurable and
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| 38 | easily extensible with plugins.
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| 39 | </para>
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| 40 |
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[3897cc7] | 41 | &lfs79_checked;
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[8a8b05e] | 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&dovecot-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&dovecot-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &dovecot-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &dovecot-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &dovecot-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &dovecot-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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[2c5dfc2d] | 76 |
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[8a8b05e] | 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Dovecot Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="optional">
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[3acd0b1] | 81 | <xref linkend="clucene"/>,
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[f9f13ae] | 82 | <xref linkend="icu"/>,
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[56605b9] | 83 | <xref linkend="libcap-pam"/>,
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[8a8b05e] | 84 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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[3acd0b1] | 85 | <xref linkend="mariadb"/> or <ulink url="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</ulink>,
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| 86 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> (for GSSAPI support),
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[8a8b05e] | 87 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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[3acd0b1] | 88 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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[8a8b05e] | 89 | <xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
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[f9f13ae] | 90 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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| 92 | <ulink url="https://cassandra.apache.org/">Cassandra</ulink>,
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| 93 | <ulink url="https://github.com/Cyan4973/lz4">lz4</ulink>, and
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| 94 | <ulink url="https://github.com/shibukawa/snowball_py">stemmer</ulink>
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[8a8b05e] | 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 98 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/dovecot"/>
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| 99 | </para>
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| 100 | </sect2>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 103 | <title>Installation of Dovecot</title>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <para>
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| 106 | There should be dedicated users and groups for unprivileged Dovecot
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| 107 | processes and for processing users' logins. Issue the following commands
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| 108 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 42 dovecot &&
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| 112 | useradd -c "Dovecot unprivileged user" -d /dev/null -u 42 \
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| 113 | -g dovecot -s /bin/false dovecot &&
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| 114 | groupadd -g 43 dovenull &&
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| 115 | useradd -c "Dovecot login user" -d /dev/null -u 43 \
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| 116 | -g dovenull -s /bin/false dovenull</userinput></screen>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para>
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| 119 | Install <application>Dovecot</application> by running the following
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| 120 | commands:
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| 121 | </para>
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| 122 |
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[1258125] | 123 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 124 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 125 | --localstatedir=/var \
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[8a8b05e] | 126 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dovecot-&dovecot-version; \
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| 127 | --disable-static &&
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| 128 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 129 |
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[1258125] | 130 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 131 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 132 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 133 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dovecot-&dovecot-version; \
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| 134 | --disable-static \
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| 135 | --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system &&
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| 136 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 137 |
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[3acd0b1] | 138 | <para>To test the results, issue <command>make -k check</command>. One test
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| 139 | fails for unknown reason</para>
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[8a8b05e] | 140 |
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| 141 | <para>
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| 142 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 143 | </para>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 150 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 153 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 154 |
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[1258125] | 155 | <para>
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| 156 | <parameter>--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system</parameter>:
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| 157 | This switch is used to set the correct installation directory for
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| 158 | systemd units.
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| 159 | </para>
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| 160 |
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[8a8b05e] | 161 | <para>
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| 162 | <option>--with-ldap</option>: This switch enables
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| 163 | <application>OpenLDAP</application> authentication support.
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| 164 | </para>
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[2d9f558] | 165 |
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[8a8b05e] | 166 | <para>
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| 167 | <option>--with-pgsql</option>: This switch enables
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| 168 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> authentication support.
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| 169 | </para>
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[2d9f558] | 170 |
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[8a8b05e] | 171 | <para>
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| 172 | <option>--with-mysql</option>: This switch enables
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| 173 | <application>MySQL</application> authentication support.
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| 174 | </para>
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[2d9f558] | 175 |
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[8a8b05e] | 176 | <para>
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| 177 | <option>--with-sqlite</option>: This switch enables
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| 178 | <application>SQLite</application> authentication support.
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| 179 | </para>
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[2d9f558] | 180 |
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[8a8b05e] | 181 | <para>
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| 182 | <option>--with-lucene</option>: This switch enables
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| 183 | <application>CLucene</application> full text search support.
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| 184 | </para>
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[2d9f558] | 185 |
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| 186 | <para>
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| 187 | <option>--with-krb5</option>: This switch enables
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| 188 | GSSAPI authentication support.
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| 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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[8a8b05e] | 191 | </sect2>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 194 | <title>Configuring Dovecot</title>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <sect3 id="dovecot-config">
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| 197 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <para>
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| 200 | <filename>/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf</filename>,
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| 201 | <filename>/etc/dovecot/conf.d/*</filename>, and
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| 202 | <filename>/etc/dovecot/local.conf</filename>
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| 203 | </para>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <indexterm zone="dovecot dovecot-config">
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| 206 | <primary sortas="e-etc-dovecot-dovecot.conf">/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf</primary>
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| 207 | </indexterm>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="dovecot dovecot-config">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="e-etc-dovecot-conf.d">/etc/dovecot/conf.d/*</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | <indexterm zone="dovecot dovecot-config">
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| 212 | <primary sortas="e-etc-dovecot-local.conf">/etc/dovecot/local.conf</primary>
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| 213 | </indexterm>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | </sect3>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <sect3>
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| 218 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <para>
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| 221 | Copy an example configuration, which you can use as a starting point:
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| 222 | </para>
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| 223 |
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| 224 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -rv /usr/share/doc/dovecot-&dovecot-version;/example-config/* /etc/dovecot</userinput></screen>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <para>
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| 227 | The following configuration is a simple proof of concept with IMAP
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| 228 | service using local users for authentication and mailbox location.
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| 229 | Reading files from the <filename class="directory">conf.d</filename>
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| 230 | directory is commented out since the included example configuration
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| 231 | requires <application>OpenSSL</application> and
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| 232 | <application>Linux PAM</application>.
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| 233 | </para>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i '/^\!include / s/^/#/' /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf &&
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| 236 | chmod -v 1777 /var/mail &&
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| 237 | cat > /etc/dovecot/local.conf << "EOF"
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| 238 | <literal>protocols = imap
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| 239 | ssl = no
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[2d9f558] | 240 | # The next line is only needed if you have no IPv6 network interfaces
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| 241 | listen = *
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[8a8b05e] | 242 | mail_location = mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
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| 243 | userdb {
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| 244 | driver = passwd
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| 245 | }
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| 246 | passdb {
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| 247 | driver = shadow
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| 248 | }</literal>
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| 249 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <para>
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| 252 | You will definitely want to read the official documentation at <ulink
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| 253 | url="http://wiki2.dovecot.org/"/> if you plan to use
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| 254 | <application>Dovecot</application> in production environment.
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| 255 | </para>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | </sect3>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <sect3 id="dovecot-init">
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[1258125] | 260 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
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| 261 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
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[8a8b05e] | 262 |
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[1258125] | 263 | <para revision="sysv">If you want the <application>Dovecot</application>
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| 264 | server to start automatically when the system is booted, install the
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| 265 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot</filename> init script included in the
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| 266 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <para revision="systemd">To start the <command>dovecot</command>
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| 269 | daemon at boot, enable the previously installed systemd unit with the
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| 270 | following command:</para>
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[8a8b05e] | 271 |
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| 272 | <indexterm zone="dovecot dovecot-init">
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| 273 | <primary sortas="f-dovecot">dovecot</primary>
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| 274 | </indexterm>
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| 275 |
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[1258125] | 276 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-dovecot</userinput></screen>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable dovecot</userinput></screen>
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[8a8b05e] | 279 |
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| 280 | </sect3>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | </sect2>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 285 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 286 |
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| 287 | <segmentedlist>
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| 288 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 289 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 290 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <seglistitem>
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| 293 | <seg>
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[676a68ec] | 294 | doveadm, doveconf, dovecot, dsync (symbolic link), and various
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| 295 | internal programs
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[8a8b05e] | 296 | </seg>
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| 297 | <seg>
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| 298 | various internal plugins
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| 299 | </seg>
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| 300 | <seg>
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| 301 | /etc/dovecot,
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[f9f13ae] | 302 | /usr/{include,lib,libexec,share}/dovecot and
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[8a8b05e] | 303 | /usr/share/doc/dovecot-&dovecot-version;
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| 304 | </seg>
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| 305 | </seglistitem>
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| 306 | </segmentedlist>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <variablelist>
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| 309 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 310 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 311 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="doveadm">
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| 314 | <term><command>doveadm</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>
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| 317 | is the <application>Dovecot</application> administration tool.
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 | <indexterm zone="dovecot doveadm">
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| 320 | <primary sortas="b-doveadm">doveadm</primary>
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| 321 | </indexterm>
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| 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 | </varlistentry>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <varlistentry id="doveconf">
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| 326 | <term><command>doveconf</command></term>
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| 327 | <listitem>
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| 328 | <para>
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| 329 | is <application>Dovecot</application>'s configuration dumping
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| 330 | utility.
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| 331 | </para>
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| 332 | <indexterm zone="dovecot doveconf">
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| 333 | <primary sortas="b-doveconf">doveconf</primary>
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| 334 | </indexterm>
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| 335 | </listitem>
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| 336 | </varlistentry>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <varlistentry id="dovecot-prog">
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| 339 | <term><command>dovecot</command></term>
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| 340 | <listitem>
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| 341 | <para>
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| 342 | is the IMAP and POP server.
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| 343 | </para>
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| 344 | <indexterm zone="dovecot dovecot-prog">
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| 345 | <primary sortas="b-dovecot">dovecot</primary>
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| 346 | </indexterm>
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| 347 | </listitem>
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| 348 | </varlistentry>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <varlistentry id="dsync">
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| 351 | <term><command>dsync</command></term>
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| 352 | <listitem>
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| 353 | <para>
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| 354 | is <application>Dovecot</application>'s mailbox synchronization
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| 355 | utility.
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| 356 | </para>
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| 357 | <indexterm zone="dovecot dsync">
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| 358 | <primary sortas="b-dsync">dsync</primary>
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| 359 | </indexterm>
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| 360 | </listitem>
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| 361 | </varlistentry>
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| 362 |
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| 363 |
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| 364 | </variablelist>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | </sect2>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | </sect1>
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