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 --hostdomain
15       dovecot --version
16       dovecot reload
17       dovecot stop
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DESCRIPTION

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

27       -a     Dump all configuration settings to stdout and exit successfully.
28              The same as doveconf -a.
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30       -c config-file
31              Start dovecot with an alternative configuration.
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33       -F     Run dovecot in foreground, do not daemonize.
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35       -n     Dump non-default settings to stdout and exit successfully.   The
36              same as doveconf -n.
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38       -p     Prompt  for  the  ssl key password for the configured ssl_key on
39              startup.
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41       --build-options
42              Show Dovecot's build options and exit successfully.
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44       --help Print a usage message to stdout and exit successfully.
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46       --hostdomain
47              Shows the current host.domain name of the system.  If the domain
48              lookup  should  fail  for some reason, only the hostname will be
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51       --version
52              Show Dovecot's version and exit successfully.
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COMMANDS

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

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

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

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

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