Dovecot supports IMAP & POP3 protocols.
Install Dovecot apt-get install dovecot Dovecot configuration file is located at: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf Before we proceed we need to make some changes with dovecot configuration file vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf# specify protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3sprotocols = pop3 imap# uncomment this and change to no.disable_plaintext_auth = nopop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv EXIT { wq } Now, create a user to test our pop3 mail with outlook adduser Caution: Always create a separate user to test your mail or ftp. DO NOT LOGIN WITH ROOT ACCESS. Restart Dovecot: /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
Dovecot, an IMAP server, provides a way for Mail User Agents (MUAs) to access their mail.
Dovecot - software - was created in 2002.
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Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server. It is used to send emails on the Linux/UNIX-like computer systems.
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EAP-TLS
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Network protocols provide mechanisms that enables communications between sysytems, clients, servers, websites etc. without protocola systems would not be able to communicate, share data etc.