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Member "dovecot-1.0.15/doc/documentation.txt" of archive dovecot-1.0.15.tar.gz:

    1 The documentation in wiki/ directory has been imported from
    2 http://wiki.dovecot.org/. The actual Wiki may contain more up-to-date
    3 information, so unless this is an old Dovecot release, you may want to use
    4 the Wiki directly.
    5 
    6 Documentation Index
    7 ===================
    8 
    9  * <QuickConfiguration.txt> for people in hurry
   10  * <WhyDoesItNotWork.txt> - Why doesn't Dovecot work?
   11 
   12  1. Welcome to the Dovecot Wiki
   13  2. Dovecot Wiki Contents
   14  3. Generic information about mail servers
   15  4. Dovecot installation
   16  5. Dovecot configuration
   17  6. HOWTOs, examples and tutorials
   18  7. Migration from existing systems
   19  8. Troubleshooting
   20  9. Tuning
   21  10. Reference
   22  11. Misc
   23 
   24 Generic information about mail servers
   25 ======================================
   26 
   27  * Mail protocols: IMAP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap], POP3
   28    [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop3] and SMTP
   29    [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smtp]
   30  * <Mail delivery agents and Sieve> [MDA.txt]
   31  * <Mailbox formats> [MailboxFormat.txt]
   32     * <Dovecot's index files> [IndexFiles.txt]
   33  * <User authentication> [Authentication.txt]
   34     * <SASL> [Sasl.txt]
   35 
   36 Dovecot installation
   37 ====================
   38 
   39 It's a good idea to start with a simple Dovecot installation to see that
   40 everything works. After that you can start changing things one at a time, so if
   41 you run into trouble you know immediately where the problem is.
   42 
   43 If you're in a hurry and you already know enough about mail servers,
   44 <QuickConfiguration.txt> may be more helpful to you instead.
   45 
   46  1. Installing
   47      * <Compiling from sources> [CompilingSource.txt]
   48      * <Installing prebuilt binaries> [PrebuiltBinaries.txt]
   49  2. <Checking where mail is delivered to> [FindMailLocation.txt]
   50  3. <Configuring Dovecot> [BasicConfiguration.txt]
   51  4. <Running Dovecot> [RunningDovecot.txt]
   52  5. <Logging.txt>
   53  6. <Testing that everything works> [TestInstallation.txt]
   54      * <Testing POP3 installation> [TestPop3Installation.txt]
   55  7. <Finishing the test installation> [FinishBasicConfiguration.txt]
   56 
   57 Dovecot configuration
   58 =====================
   59 
   60  * Starting guidelines
   61     * <System users> [SystemUsers.txt]
   62     * <Virtual users> [VirtualUsers.txt]
   63     * <UNIX User IDs used by Dovecot> [UserIds.txt]
   64  * <Authentication configuration> [Authentication.txt]
   65     * <Password databases> [PasswordDatabase.txt]
   66     * <User databases> [UserDatabase.txt]
   67     * <Multiple authentication databases>
   68       [Authentication.MultipleDatabases.txt]
   69     * <Kerberos> [Authentication.Kerberos.txt]
   70     * <Restricting users' access> [Authentication.RestrictAccess.txt]
   71     * <Special authentication features> [PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.txt]
   72     * <Master users> [Authentication.MasterUsers.txt]
   73  * <Mailbox location configuration> [MailLocation.txt]
   74     * <Mails stored in local disk> [MailLocation.LocalDisk.txt]
   75     * <Mails stored in shared filesystem> [MailLocation.SharedDisk.txt]
   76       (<NFS.txt>, clustered FS)
   77     * <Maildir configuration> [MailLocation.Maildir.txt]
   78     * <Mbox configuration> [MailLocation.Mbox.txt]
   79     * <Namespaces.txt>
   80     * <Shared mailboxes> [SharedMailboxes.txt]
   81  * <Login processes and their settings> [LoginProcess.txt]
   82  * <SSL.txt> settings and certificate creation
   83  * <Plugins.txt>
   84     * <Quota.txt>
   85     * <Access Control Lists> [ACL.txt] (ACLs)
   86  * <Dovecot as a POP3 server> [POP3Server.txt]
   87  * <Dovecot's local delivery agent> [LDA.txt]
   88  * <Post-login scripting> [PostLoginScripting.txt]
   89 
   90 HOWTOs, examples and tutorials
   91 ==============================
   92 
   93 Some HOWTOs haven't been included in wiki/. Use http://wiki.dovecot.org/
   94 instead.
   95 
   96  * <HOWTOs, examples and tutorials> [HowTo.txt] for different installations
   97  * Existing Dovecot installations
   98    [http://wiki.dovecot.org/DovecotServerInstallations]
   99 
  100 Migration from existing systems
  101 ===============================
  102 
  103  * <From other IMAP/POP3 servers> [Migration.txt]
  104     * <My mailboxes are lost after migrating to Dovecot!>
  105       [MissingMailboxes.txt]
  106  * <Upgrading from Dovecot 0.99.x to 1.0> [UpgradingDovecot.txt]
  107  * <Converting between mailbox formats> [Migration.MailFormat.txt] (mbox <->
  108    Maildir, etc.)
  109 
  110 Troubleshooting
  111 ===============
  112 
  113  * <Why doesn't Dovecot work?> [WhyDoesItNotWork.txt]
  114  * <Finding the error message from logs> [Logging.txt]
  115  * <Debugging authentication> [Debugging.Authentication.txt]
  116  * <Process tracing> [Debugging.ProcessTracing.txt] is useful when Dovecot
  117    seems slow or hangs completely
  118  * <mbox errors and crashes> [MboxProblems.txt]
  119  * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt]
  120     * <Negative UIDs / message sets> [Clients.NegativeUIDs.txt]
  121     * <Debugging using Thunderbird's logging> [Debugging.Thunderbird.txt]
  122  * <"Time moved backwards" error> [TimeMovedBackwards.txt]
  123  * Sending bug reports [http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html], debugging crashes
  124    and sniffing network traffic
  125 
  126 Tuning
  127 ======
  128 
  129  * <Performance tuning> [PerformanceTuning.txt]
  130  * <Security tuning> [SecurityTuning.txt]
  131     * <Chrooting.txt>
  132 
  133 Reference
  134 =========
  135 
  136  * <Command line arguments> [CommandLine.txt]
  137  * <Dovecot's design> [Design.txt]
  138  * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt]
  139 
  140 Misc
  141 ====
  142 
  143  * <Listening on Additional Ports> [Iptables.txt] using IP Tables or socat