Dovecot

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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.
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