Install Dovecot2017/12/23

	Install Dovecot to configure POP/IMAP server.
[1]	Install Dovecot.

[root@mail ~]#

dnf -y install dovecot

[2]	This example shows to configure to provide SASL function to Postfix.

[root@mail ~]#

vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

# line 24: uncomment

protocols = imap pop3 lmtp

# line 30: uncomment and change ( if not use IPv6 )

listen = *, ::

[root@mail ~]#

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

# line 10: uncomment and change ( allow plain text auth )

disable_plaintext_auth =

# line 100: 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 96-98: uncomment and add like follows

# Postfix smtp-auth
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
mode = 0666

user = postfix
group = postfix

}

[root@mail ~]#

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

# line 8: change (not require SSL)

ssl =

[root@mail ~]#

systemctl start dovecot

[root@mail ~]#

systemctl enable dovecot

[3]	If Firewalld is running, allow POP/IMAP service. POP uses 110/TCP, IMAP uses 143/TCP.

[root@mail ~]#

firewall-cmd --add-service={pop3,imap} --permanent

success
[root@mail ~]#

firewall-cmd --reload

success

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