How do I create a mailbox in Dovecot?

How do I create a mailbox in Dovecot?

You can get your mail through Dovecot by using either the POP3 or the IMAP protocol.

1. Prerequisites.
2. Install Dovecot.
3. Configure Dovecot.
4. Configure the authentication process file.
5. Configure the mail location.
6. Configure Postfix SMTP authentication.
7. Configure POP3.
8. Create a mailbox.

Does Dovecot send mail?

Dovecot is an IMAP server. It takes responsibility for connecting your email client (Thunderbird, etc.) to your mail box. Dovecot will also configured to provide authentication (username and password) support to Postfix that is used when an authorized user goes to send email via Postfix.

How does Dovecot store mail?

Maildir mails are almost always stored in ~/Maildir/ directory, which contains cur/, new/ and tmp/ subdirectories. In maildir each mail is stored in a separate file, while with the mbox format one file contains all mails in the mailbox. Files in /var/mail/ are nearly always mbox files, one for each user.

What is Linux Dovecot?

Dovecot is a Mail Delivery Agent, written with security primarily in mind. It supports the major mailbox formats: mbox or Maildir. This section explains how to set it up as an IMAP or POP3 server.

What is the difference between Postfix and Dovecot?

Postfix is an open-source mail transfer agent (MTA), a service used to send and receive emails. Dovecot is an IMAP/POP3 server and in our setup it will also handle local delivery and user authentication.

Do you need Dovecot with Postfix?

Once Postfix is installed, mail can be sent to and from the server, although without a mail server like Dovecot or Cyrus, you will only be able to see the email on the server.

Is Dovecot a SMTP?

As of version 2.3. 0, Dovecot provides an SMTP submission service, also known as a Mail Submission Agent (MSA).

How do you test for Dovecot?

Testing POP3 # telnet [your-IP] 110 Trying [your-IP]… Connected to [your-IP]. Escape character is ‘^]’. +OK Dovecot ready. user [email protected] +OK pass [PASSWORD] +OK Logged in.

What is Dovecot sieve?

The Dovecot Sieve plugin provides mail filtering facilities at time of final message delivery using the Sieve (RFC 5228) language. By writing Sieve scripts, users can customize how messages are delivered, e.g. whether they are forwarded or stored in special folders.

How do I know my dovecot configuration?

Use doveconf . doveconf 1>/dev/null echo $? The above command will output only STDERR and the print the exit status of doveconf . For example, the following output confirms that the dovecot config is OK.

How do I know if dovecot is running?

To check that Postfix and Dovecot are running and to find startup errors, follow these steps:

1. Run this command to check that Postfix is running: service postfix status.
2. Next, run this command to check that Dovecot is running: service dovecot status.
3. Examine the results.
4. Try to restart the services.

Do I need Dovecot?

If you want to read emails on your mobile phone or your PC you will need to use IMAP or POP3 protocol. To enable reading emails – you will need to set up Dovecot (or some other service that serves POP3/IMAP).

What is the maximum message size that can be saved in Dovecot?

Dovecot allows specifying the maximum message size that is allowed to be saved (e.g. by LMTP, IMAP APPEND or doveadm save). The default is 0, which is unlimited. Since outgoing mail sizes are also typically limited on the MTA side, it can be beneficial to prevent user from saving too large mails, which would later on fail on the MTA side anyway.

Where does Dovecot store mailbox messages?

By default Dovecot uses the Maildir++ directory layout for organizing mailbox directories. This means that all the folders are directly inside ~/Maildir directory: ~/Maildir/new, ~/Maildir/cur and ~/Maildir/tmp directories contain the messages for INBOX.

How do I get a list of existing mailboxes in doveadm?

doveadm mailbox list [ -7 | -8] [ -A | -u user | -F file] [ -S socket_path] [ -s] [ mailbox …] To get an overview of existing mailboxes use this command. It’s also possible to use wildcards in the mailbox name.

Why should I use maildir in Dovecot?

This improves efficiency because individual emails can be modified, deleted and added without affecting the mailbox or other emails, and makes it safer to use on networked file systems such as NFS. For information on how to configure Maildir in Dovecot, see Maildir Configuration.