dovecot(1)

1DOVECOT(1)                          Dovecot                         DOVECOT(1)
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NAME

6       dovecot - a secure and highly configurable IMAP and POP3 server
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SYNOPSIS

9       dovecot [-Fp] [-c config-file]
10       dovecot -a [-c config-file]
11       dovecot -n [-c config-file]
12       dovecot --build-options
13       dovecot --help
14       dovecot --version
15       dovecot reload
16       dovecot stop
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DESCRIPTION

19       Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like sys‐
20       tems, written with security primarily in mind.  Dovecot is an excellent
21       choice  for  both  small and large installations.  It's fast, simple to
22       set up, requires no special administration and it uses very little mem‐
23       ory.
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OPTIONS

26       -a     Dump all configuration settings to stdout and exit successfully.
27              The same as doveconf -a.
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29       -c config-file
30              Start dovecot with an alternative configuration.
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32       -F     Run dovecot in foreground, do not daemonize.
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34       -n     Dump non-default settings to stdout and exit successfully.   The
35              same as doveconf -n.
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37       -p     Prompt  for  the  ssl key password for the configured ssl_key on
38              startup.
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40       --build-options
41              Show Dovecot's build options and exit successfully.
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43       --help Print a usage message to stdout and exit successfully.
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45       --version
46              Show Dovecot's version and exit successfully.
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COMMANDS

49       reload Force dovecot to reload its configuration.
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51       stop   Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.
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53       When shutdown_clients is set to no, existing sessions will continue  to
54       use  the  old settings, after a dovecot reload.  Also all sessions will
55       keep alive after a dovecot stop.
56       By default all active sessions will be shut down.
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SIGNALS

59       Dovecot handles the following signals as described:
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61       HUP    Force dovecot to reload its configuration.
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63       INT    Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.
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65       TERM   Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.
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67       USR1   Force dovecot to reopen  all  configured  log  files  (log_path,
68              info_log_path and debug_log_path).
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70       The signals ALARM and PIPE are ignored.
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FILES

73       /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
74              Dovecot's main configuration file.
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76       /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
77              Dovecot's LDAP authdb/userdb module configuration file.
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79       /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
80              Dovecot's SQL authdb/userdb module configuration file.
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82       /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
83              Dovecot's dict configuration with SQL-backend.
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85       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-*-conf.ext
86              Configuration files of different authentication modules.
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88       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/*.conf
89              Configuration files of different services and settings.
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REPORTING BUGS

92       Report  bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
93       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.  Information about reporting bugs  is  available
94       at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
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AUTHOR

97       Dovecot  <http://dovecot.org>  and its manual pages were written by the
98       Dovecot authors <http://dovecot.org/doc/AUTHORS>, mainly Timo  Sirainen
99       <tss  at  iki.fi>,  and  are  licensed  under  the terms of the MIT and
100       LGPLv2.1 licenses, see <http://dovecot.org/doc/COPYING> for details.
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