Chapter 10: Install Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Server

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 23:03 |

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In the previous section we installed a Postfix Mail Server, now in order to retrieve your email to say into your Outlook we need to install a POP3 server.

Initially you will find the Dovecot IMAP POP3 email client in the unused module section of Webmin.

Webmin > Un-used Modules > Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Server

Now that the IMAP POP3 email server is installed we need to configure it.

By default, CentOS' Dovecot daemon provides only IMAP and IMAPs services. Because we also want POP3 and POP3s we must configure Dovecot to do so.
We edit /etc/dovecot.conf and enable the lines (remove #)

From command line use the vi command to edit a file.

vi /etc/dovecot.conf

Ensure you have the following in the ‘edit config file’ of dovecot.

# Required on x86_64 kernels
login_process_size = 64

protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
listen = *
ssl_listen = *
ssl_disable = yes
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
ssl_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
ssl_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key

protocol imap {
imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail
listen = 127.0.0.1:10143
}

protocol pop3 {
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
}

protocol lda {
postmaster_address = postmaster@example.com
}

auth default {
mechanisms = plain login
passdb pam {
}
userdb passwd {
}
# user = root
socket listen {
    client {
   path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
   mode = 0660
   user = postfix
   group = postfix
    }
}
}

dict {
#quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf
}

plugin {
}

Thats about it for the IMAP/POP3 server install.

Now if you follow the instructions for email account setup in say Outlook you should be able to connect to your mail server using the pop3 mail setting.

Note: You can create a new email account after you have installed Virtualmin to manage your domains.

Webmin > Virtualmin Virtual Server > Select domain name > Edit Mail Aliases > Add an alias to this domain.

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