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Installation
See INSTALL.md file.
Configuration
See doc/documentation.txt or https://doc.dovecot.org
RFCs conformed email
- RFC822 - Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
- RFC2822 - Internet Message Format (updated RFC822)
- RFC2045 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 1)
- RFC2046 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 2)
- RFC2047 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 3)
- RFC2048 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 4)
- RFC2049 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 5)
Auth
- RFC2245 - Anonymous SASL Mechanism.
- RFC2595 - Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
- RFC2831 - Using Digest Authentication as a SASL Mechanism (DIGEST-MD5)
- RFC5802 - Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM)
- RFC4752 - GSS-API (Kerberos V5) SASL Mechanism
- RFC7628 - A Set of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanisms for OAuth
- Google XOAUTH2 protocol
POP3
- RFC1939 - Post Office Protocol - Version 3
- RFC2449 - POP3 Extension Mechanism
- RFC2595 - Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
- RFC3206 - The SYS and AUTH POP Response Codes
- RFC5034 - The Post Office Protocol (POP3) - Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Authentication Mechanism
IMAP base
- RFC3501 - IMAP4rev1
- RFC2180 - IMAP4 Multi-Accessed Mailbox Practice
- RFC2595 - Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
- RFC2683 - IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations
IMAP extensions
- RFC2087 - IMAP4 QUOTA extension
- RFC2088 - IMAP4 non-synchronizing literals (LITERAL+)
- RFC2177 - IMAP4 IDLE command
- RFC2221 - IMAP4 Login Referrals
- RFC2342 - IMAP4 Namespace
- RFC2971 - IMAP4 ID extension
- RFC3348 - IMAP4 Child Mailbox Extension
- RFC3502 - IMAP4 MULTIAPPEND Extension
- RFC3516 - IMAP4 Binary Content Extension
- RFC3691 - IMAP4 UNSELECT command
- RFC4314 - IMAP4 Access Control List (ACL) Extension
- RFC4315 - IMAP UIDPLUS extension
- RFC4467 - IMAP URLAUTH Extension
- RFC4469 - IMAP CATENATE Extension
- RFC4551 - IMAP Extension for Conditional STORE Operation or Quick Flag Changes Resynchronization
- RFC4731 - IMAP4 Extension to SEARCH Command for Controlling What Kind of Information Is Returned
- RFC4959 - IMAP Extension for Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Initial Client Response
- RFC4978 - The IMAP COMPRESS Extension
- RFC5032 - WITHIN Search Extension to the IMAP Protocol
- RFC5161 - The IMAP ENABLE Extension
- RFC5162 - IMAP4 Extensions for Quick Mailbox Resynchronization
- RFC5182 - IMAP Extension for Referencing the Last SEARCH Result
- RFC5255 - IMAP Internationalization (I18NLEVEL=1 only)
- RFC5256 - IMAP SORT and THREAD Extensions
- RFC5258 - IMAP4 - LIST Command Extensions
- RFC5267 - Contexts for IMAP4 (ESORT and CONTEXT=SEARCH only)
- RFC5464 - The IMAP METADATA Extension
- RFC5465 - The IMAP NOTIFY Extension
- RFC5524 - Extended URLFETCH for Binary and Converted Parts
- RFC5530 - IMAP Response Codes
- RFC5819 - IMAP4 Extension for Returning STATUS Information in Extended LIST
- RFC5957 - Display-Based Address Sorting for the IMAP4 SORT Extension
- RFC6154 - IMAP LIST Extension for Special-Use Mailboxes (SPECIAL-USE only)
- RFC6203 - IMAP4 Extension for Fuzzy Search
- RFC6785 - Support for IMAP Events in Sieve (via Pigeonhole plugin)
- RFC6851 - Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - MOVE Extension
- RFC7162 - IMAP Extensions: Quick Flag Changes Resynchronization (CONDSTORE) and Quick Mailbox Resynchronization (QRESYNC) (updated RFC4551 and RFC5162)
- RFC7888 - IMAP4 Non-synchronizing Literals (updated RFC2088)
- RFC8457 - IMAP "$Important" Keyword and "\Important" Special-Use Attribute
- RFC8970 - IMAP4 Extension: Message Preview Generation
SMTP/LMTP base
- RFC821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- RFC2821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (updated RFC821)
- RFC5321 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (updated RFC2821)
- RFC2033 - Local Mail Transfer Protocol
- RFC6409 - Message Submission for Mail
SMTP/LMTP extensions
- RFC1870 - SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
- RFC2034 - SMTP Service Extension for Returning Enhanced Error Codes
- RFC2920 - SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining
- RFC3030 - SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages
- RFC3207 - SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
- RFC4468 - Message Submission BURL Extension
- RFC4954 - SMTP Service Extension for Authentication
- RFC6152 - SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport
Contact info
Please use the Dovecot mailing list dovecot@dovecot.org for questions about Dovecot. You can post to the list without subscribing, the mail then waits in a moderator queue for a while. See https://www.dovecot.org/mailinglists.html
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