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--- ubuntu:email:install_dovecot [2020/12/06 13:23] – peter
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+----
+==== Configuring Dovecot as the Local Delivery Agent ====
+The following is sufficient to configure the Dovecot LDA:
+<file bash /etc/dovecot/local.conf>
+...
+protocol lda {
+    postmaster_address = admin@sharewiz.net
+}
+</file>
+----
+==== Firewall Configuration ====
+Open firewall ports:
+  * 993: IMAP.
+  * 110: POP3.  Only needed if using POP.
+  * 587: SMTP.
+----
+===== Running Dovecot =====
+Start Dovecot using:
+<code bash>
+systemctl start dovecot
+</code>
+If Dovecot is already running, and you have changed a configuration file, you can get Dovecot to reread these files using:
+<code bash>
+systemctl reload dovecot
+</code>
+You can stop Dovecot with:
+<code bash>
+systemctl stop dovecot
+</code>
+You can get Dovecot status with:
+<code bash>
+systemctl status dovecot
+</code>
+Once Dovecot is running, you should configure your email client and confirm that you can both view the mailboxes and you can send messages.
+  * Look in **/var/log/maillog** for messages from Dovecot.
+Once Dovecot is running properly, you can enable it so that it starts automatically when the server starts using:
+<code bash>
+systemctl enable dovecot
+</code>
+----
+===== Configuring Email Client =====
+To configure Thunderbird to use your new Postfix/Dovecot email system
+<code>
+IMAP server: sharewiz.net
+    Port: 993
+    Security: SSL/TLS
+    Authentication Method: normal password
+    Username: peter@sharewiz.net
+SMTP server: sharewiz.net
+    Port: 587
+    Security: STARTTLS
+    Authentication Method: normal password
+    Username: peter@sharewiz.net
+</code>
+To configure Mutt to use your new Postfix/Dovecot email system:
+<code>
+set spoolfile=imaps://sharewiz.net:993/INBOX
+set folder=imaps://sharewiz,net:993/
+set smtp_url=smtp://peter@sharewiz.net:587
+#               ^ do not use smtps here
+# Alternative ways of giving username and password.
+set imap_user="peter@sharewiz.net"
+set imap_pass="`abraxas -q work-email-fallback`"
+set smtp_pass=$imap_pass
+set smtp_authenticators="plain"
+</code>