Questions tagged [imap]
IMAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol and is the other e-mail protocol along with POP.
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Dovecot closes client connection after successful login, so IMAP session fails
Trying to bring up a Dovecot 2.4.3 installation on my publicly accessible home server. I had a working 2.3.x installation and have followed all the migration advice on the dovecot website. Eventually, ...
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Trigger scripts via dovecot imapsieve without actually touching the read-only mailbox
Configuring a Sieve script to run after IMAP flag changes like so:
[..]
dovecot_config_version = 2.4.0
protocol imap {
mail_plugins {
acl = yes
imap_acl = yes
imap_sieve = yes
}
}
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Merging IMAP special use folders in Dovecot
I have a mailserver with multiple users using all kinds of mail client (Outlook, Thunderbolt, Android, iOS) and they connect to their mail accounts across severel devices.
I discovered that none of ...
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cyradm setacl does not remove 'none' on restored mailbox
A client deleted part of his mailbox, so we set up a secondary box and restored all mails and folders from backup. Running reconstruct -r -f detected all folders of the mailbox nicely.
Running listacl ...
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Outlook for Windows not connecting one GoDaddy account, but same config works perfectly in Thunderbird [closed]
Im using Microsoft Outlook Version 1.2025.829.200 (the new WebView2-based Outlook for Windows) on Windows 11.
I have a GoDaddy IMAP email account. When adding an account, the following error occurs:
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dovecot used with redmine to retrieve email, stale mail still sitting in redmine's mailbox. How to force read?
I have a redmine server running under ubuntu 24.04 on a GCE VM with a postfix mail server set up. I was/am having trouble using the "pipe to postfix" method for retrieving email replies ...
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How to map per-user quota with Dovecot quota plugin using MYSQL dict?
Problem:
doveadm quota get -u <username> result shows that my MYSQL dict is not correctly mapped to Dovecot quota plugin, as a result IMAP QUOTA capability (with usage and limit) not being ...
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Multiple dovecot servers on a single host? [closed]
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THIS QUESTION WAS CLOSED BECAUSE IT WAS INCORRECTLY ASSUMED THAT THIS IS NOT FOR A "SERVER ENVIRONMENT":
This question pertains to an IMAP server that we are running for ...
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Faulty IMAP server can't list emails on Thunderbird
I am currently writing a custom implementation of an IMAP server in PHP. I'm having an issue where Thunderbird will simply not issue the correct UID fetch call.
I'm expecting something like this ...
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Disabling imap compression in Dovecot
My dovecot imap server use deflate compression for connection. How can I disable it for testing? I tried to add
plugin {
imap_compress_deflate_level = 0
}
to custom config in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/, ...
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Issue getting Thunderbird and hMailServer to authenticate a user account
I have a current version of hMailServer on my webserver (W2008R2) and it works to send emails from my websites (though Gmail puts them in the spam folder even though I have an SPF and DKIM records), ...
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Determine maildir file accessed by PHP's IMAP extension
I'm nearing the completion of refining my mail import function. There are a small number of email messages that throw off PHP's IMAP extension functions.
My server uses maildir (contrasting Dovecot) ...
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Dovecot dh.pem file "too short"?
When a client tried to connect to the server (dovecot versions 2.3.11) they get an error
dh.pem is too small.
I've tried regenerating the file using the following command:
openssl dhparam -out ./dh....
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Setting up DNS for routing mail to corresponding subdomains
I'm trying to configure DNS for handling mail across multiple subdomains, where each subdomain has its own mail server. My goal is to route mail for user@%subdomain%.example.com to the server hosted ...
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postfix now very slow to send or recieve if it even does
We have a very old postfix/mail server (we are trying to upgrade it /retire/goto the cloud) but before we get to any of this it started to act bizarre the last few days.
I thought it was because the ...
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