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.TH DOVECOT 8 2009/09/26 "dovecot" "System Administration tools and Deamons"
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.SH NAME
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\fBdovecot\fP \- Secure imap and pop3 server
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B dovecot [\-F] [\-c <config file>] [\-p] [\-n] [\-a] [\-\-version] [\-\-build-options] [\-\-exec-mail <protocol> [<args>]]
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.SH FULL PATH
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.B /usr/sbin/dovecot
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security
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primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server. It supports mail
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in either of maildir or mbox formats.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-a
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Dump complete configuration and exit
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.TP
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.B \-\-build-options
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Print build options and exit
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.TP
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.B \-c
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Use <config\-file> as path to the configuration instead of default /etc/dovecot.conf
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.TP
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.B \-\-exec\-mail <protocol> [<args>]
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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
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another parameter follows, this parameter is used as section.
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.TP
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.B \-F
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Start dovecot as foreground process (otherwise: start as daemon)
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.TP
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.B --log-error
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Test dovecot's logging capability and exit
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.TP
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.B \-n
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Dump all non-default configuration items and exit
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.TP
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.B \-p
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Ask for private SSL key password
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.TP
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.B \-\-version
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Print version and exit
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR dovecotpw(1),
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.BR dovecot.conf(5),
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.BR /usr/share/doc/dovecot*/wiki/
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.SH AUTHOR
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.TP
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dovecotpw was written by Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>.
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