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Dovecot is a secure IMAP Server.
Install
Migrating from Courier IMAP
[From Claude]
- set up the imap
sudo aptitude install dovecot-common dovecot-imapd
- migrate from courier
wget http://www.dovecot.org/tools/courier-dovecot-migrate.pl
chmod +x courier-dovecot-migrate.pl
courier-dovecot-migrate.pl --to-dovecot --recursive /mnt/md1/mailhome/claude
- if no errors, do the convert:
$ courier-dovecot-migrate.pl --to-dovecot --convert --recursive /mnt/md1/mailhome/claude
- In thunderbird open Account Settings→Server Settings
- Connection Security: SSL/TLS
- Authentication method: Normal passwd
- Verify Port: 993
- After this open account inbox, and accept the SSL certificate.