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# Dovecot
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[Dovecot](https://www.dovecot.org/) is a popular IMAP and POP3 server which we'll be using for our MDA.
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[Dovecot](https://www.dovecot.org/) is a popular IMAP and POP3 server which we'll be using for our MDA. Let's install
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it:
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# apk add dovecot
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Check the Dovecot version with:
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$ dovecot --version
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Now let's enable IMAP by editing `/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf`. Find a `protocols = ` line, or add one, and set it to:
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```conf
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protocols = imap
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```
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## Configure how to store emails
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You probably want to use the Maildir format for storing emails, where each user's mail is stored at `~/Maildir` (this
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can be set to another location if desired).
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In `/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf`, set:
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```conf
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mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
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mail_privileged_group = mail
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```
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`mail_privileged_group` tells us which group of Unix users can send mail; in this case, it's anyone in the `mail`
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group. You can create the group with:
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# addgroup mail
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# adduser postfix mail
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# adduser dovecot mail
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We want to ensure that `postfix` and `dovecot` users have the right to access mail.
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To change the Maildir directory, e.g. to set it to `~/mail`, you would set the following:
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`/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf`:
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```conf
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mail_location = maildir:~/mail
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```
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`/etc/postfix/main.cf`:
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```conf
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home_mailbox = mail/
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```
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## Get emails with LMTP
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<abbr title="Local Mail Transfer Protocol">LMTP</abbr> is a protocol which can be used for Postfix to pass incoming
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emails to Dovecot. To install it for Dovecot:
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# apk add dovecot-lmtpd
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Add `lmtp` to the supported protocols in `/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf`:
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```conf
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protocols = imap lmtp
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```
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Now change the LMTP service (or add if it isn't already there) in `/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf` to:
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```conf
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service lmtp {
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unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
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mode = 0600
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user = postfix
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group = postfix
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}
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```
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Postfix needs to be configured to use this socket. Edit `/etc/postfix/main.cf` with the following lines:
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```conf
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mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp
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smtputf8_enable = no
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```
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<!-- FOOTNOTES: -->
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