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dovecot(1)


NAME

   dovecot - a secure and highly configurable IMAP and POP3 server

SYNOPSIS

   dovecot [-Fp] [-c config-file]
   dovecot -a [-c config-file]
   dovecot -n [-c config-file]
   dovecot --build-options
   dovecot --help
   dovecot --hostdomain
   dovecot --version
   dovecot reload
   dovecot stop

DESCRIPTION

   Dovecot  is  an  open  source  IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like
   systems, written with  security  primarily  in  mind.   Dovecot  is  an
   excellent  choice  for  both small and large installations.  It's fast,
   simple to set up, requires no special administration and it  uses  very
   little memory.

OPTIONS

   -a     Dump all configuration settings to stdout and exit successfully.
          The same as doveconf -a.

   -c config-file
          Start dovecot with an alternative configuration.

   -F     Run dovecot in foreground, do not daemonize.

   -n     Dump non-default settings to stdout and exit successfully.   The
          same as doveconf -n.

   -p     Prompt  for  the  ssl key password for the configured ssl_key on
          startup.

   --build-options
          Show Dovecot's build options and exit successfully.

   --help Print a usage message to stdout and exit successfully.

   --hostdomain
          Shows the current host.domain name of the system.  If the domain
          lookup  should  fail  for some reason, only the hostname will be
          shown.

   --version
          Show Dovecot's version and exit successfully.

COMMANDS

   reload Force dovecot to reload its configuration.

   stop   Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.

   When shutdown_clients is set to no, existing sessions will continue  to
   use  the  old settings, after a dovecot reload.  Also all sessions will
   keep alive after a dovecot stop.
   By default all active sessions will be shut down.

SIGNALS

   Dovecot handles the following signals as described:

   HUP    Force dovecot to reload its configuration.

   INT    Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.

   TERM   Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.

   USR1   Force dovecot to reopen  all  configured  log  files  (log_path,
          info_log_path and debug_log_path).

   The signals ALARM and PIPE are ignored.

FILES

   /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
          Dovecot's main configuration file.

   /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
          Dovecot's LDAP authdb/userdb module configuration file.

   /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
          Dovecot's SQL authdb/userdb module configuration file.

   /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
          Dovecot's dict configuration with SQL-backend.

   /etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-*-conf.ext
          Configuration files of different authentication modules.

   /etc/dovecot/conf.d/*.conf
          Configuration files of different services and settings.

REPORTING BUGS

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

AUTHOR

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

SEE ALSO

   doveadm(1), doveconf(1), dovecot-lda(1), dsync(1)



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