Table of Contents

Table of Contents

See below for a list of the chapters to be found in the current edition of the book.

Also, check out our sample chapter „The IMAP namespace and shared folders“
which is available for download (PDF).

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Table of Contents:

  • Protocols and terms
  • Installation
  • POP3 and IMAP at protocol level
  • Introduction to the configuration
  • Authentication
  • How to configure Postfix as a relay in front of Dovecot
  • mbox, Maildir and mdbox: a comparison of storage formats
  • Partitions, file systems and downtimes during the file system check

 

Advanced Dovecot Installation:

  • The IMAP namespace and shared folders (Download PDF)
  • Setting up SSL and TLS
  • Quotas
  • Server-side email filtering with Sieve
  • Email extensions
  • Daily maintenance of the email storage with doveadm
  • Performance tuning for more than 1000 simultaneous logins
  • Load-balancing cluster
  • Autoconfig and Autodiscover – automatic configuration of email clients
  • Webmailer as a complementary service
  • Migrating IMAP servers
  • Enterprise features and support

 

Appendix

  • doveadm – the Finnish army knife
  • IMAP command reference
  • POP3 command reference
  • The Sieve script language