Installation

See INSTALL.md file.

Configuration

See doc/documentation.txt or https://doc.dovecot.org

RFCs conformed

email

• RFC822 - Standard for ARPA Internet Text Messages
• RFC2822 - Internet Message Format (updated RFC822)
• RFC2045 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 1)
• RFC2046 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 2)
• RFC2047 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 3)
• RFC2048 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 4)
• RFC2049 - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) (part 5)

Auth

• RFC2245 - Anonymous SASL Mechanism.
• RFC2595 - Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
• RFC2831 - Using Digest Authentication as a SASL Mechanism (DIGEST-MD5)
• RFC5802 - Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism (SCRAM)
• RFC4752 - GSS-API (Kerberos V5) SASL Mechanism
• RFC7628 - A Set of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Mechanisms for OAuth
• Google XOAUTH2 protocol

POP3

• RFC1939 - Post Office Protocol - Version 3
• RFC2449 - POP3 Extension Mechanism
• RFC2595 - Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
• RFC3206 - The SYS and AUTH POP Response Codes
• RFC5034 - The Post Office Protocol (POP3) - Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Authentication Mechanism

IMAP base

• RFC3501 - IMAP4rev1
• RFC2180 - IMAP4 Multi-Accessed Mailbox Practice
• RFC2595 - Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP
• RFC2683 - IMAP4 Implementation Recommendations

IMAP extensions

• RFC2087 - IMAP4 QUOTA extension
• RFC2088 - IMAP4 non-synchronizing literals (LITERAL+)
• RFC2177 - IMAP4 IDLE command
• RFC2221 - IMAP4 Login Referrals
• RFC2342 - IMAP4 Namespace
• RFC2971 - IMAP4 ID extension
• RFC3348 - IMAP4 Child Mailbox Extension
• RFC3502 - IMAP4 MULTIAPPEND Extension
• RFC3516 - IMAP4 Binary Content Extension
• RFC3691 - IMAP4 UNSELECT command
• RFC4314 - IMAP4 Access Control List (ACL) Extension
• RFC4315 - IMAP UIDPLUS extension
• RFC4467 - IMAP URLAUTH Extension
• RFC4469 - IMAP CATENATE Extension
• RFC4551 - IMAP Extension for Conditional STORE Operation or Quick Flag Changes Resynchronization
• RFC4731 - IMAP4 Extension to SEARCH Command for Controlling What Kind of Information Is Returned
• RFC4959 - IMAP Extension for Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Initial Client Response
• RFC4978 - The IMAP COMPRESS Extension
• RFC5032 - WITHIN Search Extension to the IMAP Protocol
• RFC5161 - The IMAP ENABLE Extension
• RFC5162 - IMAP4 Extensions for Quick Mailbox Resynchronization
• RFC5182 - IMAP Extension for Referencing the Last SEARCH Result
• RFC5255 - IMAP Internationalization (I18NLEVEL=1 only)
• RFC5256 - IMAP SORT and THREAD Extensions
• RFC5258 - IMAP4 - LIST Command Extensions
• RFC5267 - Contexts for IMAP4 (ESORT and CONTEXT=SEARCH only)
• RFC5464 - The IMAP METADATA Extension
• RFC5465 - The IMAP NOTIFY Extension
• RFC5524 - Extended URLFETCH for Binary and Converted Parts
• RFC5530 - IMAP Response Codes
• RFC5819 - IMAP4 Extension for Returning STATUS Information in Extended LIST
• RFC5957 - Display-Based Address Sorting for the IMAP4 SORT Extension
• RFC6154 - IMAP LIST Extension for Special-Use Mailboxes (SPECIAL-USE only)
• RFC6203 - IMAP4 Extension for Fuzzy Search
• RFC6785 - Support for IMAP Events in Sieve (via Pigeonhole plugin)
• RFC6851 - Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - MOVE Extension
• RFC7162 - IMAP Extensions: Quick Flag Changes Resynchronization (CONDSTORE) and Quick Mailbox Resynchronization (QRESYNC) (updated RFC4551 and RFC5162)
• RFC7888 - IMAP4 Non-synchronizing Literals (updated RFC2088)
• RFC8457 - IMAP "$Important" Keyword and "\Important" Special-Use Attribute
• RFC8970 - IMAP4 Extension: Message Preview Generation

SMTP/LMTP base

• RFC821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• RFC2821 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (updated RFC821)
• RFC5321 - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (updated RFC2821)
• RFC2033 - Local Mail Transfer Protocol
• RFC6409 - Message Submission for Mail

SMTP/LMTP extensions

• RFC1870 - SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
• RFC2034 - SMTP Service Extension for Returning Enhanced Error Codes
• RFC2920 - SMTP Service Extension for Command Pipelining
• RFC3030 - SMTP Service Extensions for Transmission of Large and Binary MIME Messages
• RFC3207 - SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer Security
• RFC4468 - Message Submission BURL Extension
• RFC4954 - SMTP Service Extension for Authentication
• RFC6152 - SMTP Service Extension for 8-bit MIME Transport

Contact info

https://www.dovecot.org/

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