DOVECOT
Section: System Administration tools and Deamons (8)
Updated: 2009/09/26
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NAME
dovecot - Secure imap and pop3 server
SYNOPSIS
dovecot [-F] [-c <config file>] [-p] [-n] [-a] [--version] [--build-options] [--exec-mail <protocol> [<args>]]
FULL PATH
/usr/sbin/dovecot
DESCRIPTION
Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security
primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server. It supports mail
in either of maildir or mbox formats.
OPTIONS
- -a
-
Dump complete configuration and exit
- --build-options
-
Print build options and exit
- -c
-
Use <config-file> as path to the configuration instead of default /etc/dovecot.conf
- --exec-mail <protocol> [<args>]
-
Start protocol from section. If --exec-mail is used, it must be the last argument on the command line, as <section> is an optional parameter, otherwise if no section is given but
another parameter follows, this parameter is used as section.
- -F
-
Start dovecot as foreground process (otherwise: start as daemon)
- --log-error
-
Test dovecot's logging capability and exit
- -n
-
Dump all non-default configuration items and exit
- -p
-
Ask for private SSL key password
- --version
-
Print version and exit
SEE ALSO
dovecotpw(1),
dovecot.conf(5),
/usr/share/doc/dovecot*/wiki/
AUTHOR
- dovecotpw was written by Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>.
-