Install/Configure Dovecot2011/05/29

Install Dovecot to Configure POP/IMAP Server. This example shows to configure to provide SASL function to Postfix.

[root@mail ~]#

yum -y install dovecot

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

# line 26: change ( if not use IPv6 )

listen =

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf

# line 9: uncomment and change ( allow plain text auth )

disable_plaintext_auth =

# line 99: add

auth_mechanisms = plain

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf

# line 30: uncomment and add

mail_location =

maildir:~/Maildir

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf

# line 88-90: uncomment and add

# Postfix smtp-auth
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {

mode = 0666

user = postfix

# add

group = postfix

# add

}

[root@mail ~]#

/etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot start

Starting dovecot (via systemctl): [ OK ]
[root@mail ~]#

systemctl enable dovecot.service

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