Dovecot (software)
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| Original author(s) | Timo Sirainen |
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| Developer(s) | Timo Sirainen and contributors |
| Initial release | July 2002 |
| Stable release | 2.2.1[1] resp. 2.1.16[2] / April 19, 2013 resp. April 5, 2013 |
| Operating system | UNIX-like |
| Type | POP3 and IMAP server |
| License | Mostly MIT and LGPLv2[3] |
| Website | www.dovecot.org |
Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written primarily with security in mind. Developed by Timo Sirainen, Dovecot was first released in July 2002. Dovecot primarily aims to be a lightweight, fast and easy to set up open source mailserver.
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[edit] Features
Dovecot can work with standard mbox, Maildir, and its own native high-performance dbox formats.[4] It is fully compatible with UW IMAP and Courier IMAP servers’ implementation of them, as well as mail clients accessing the mailboxes directly.
Dovecot also includes a Mail delivery agent (called Local delivery agent in Dovecot’s documentation), with optional Sieve filtering support.
Dovecot supports a variety of authentication schemas for IMAP and POP access including CRAM-MD5 and the more secure DIGEST-MD5.
With version 2.2 some new features have been added to Dovecot, e.g. additional IMAP command extensions, dsync has been rewritten / optimized and shared mailboxes now support per-user flags.[5]
Apple Inc. includes Dovecot for email services in Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard.
[edit] Security
Dovecot's author takes pride in secure design and implementation. A reward of EUR 1,000 (approximately $1,310 USD, £840 GBP, 130000 Yen as of May 2013) has been announced for finding any remotely exploitable security flaw.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "v2.2.1 released". 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "v2.1.16 released". 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "COPYING.LGPL file in dovecot repository". Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "Mailbox Format: dbox". Dovecot v2.x Wiki. 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "v2.2.0 released". 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
- ^ "Dovecot – Security". Dovecot Web Pages. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Official Wiki with how-tos and documentation
- "Dovecot + Sendmail = Perfect Mail Server". bobcares.com. 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
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