Talk:Dovecot (software)

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Dovecot always logs a detailed error message[edit]

bullshit it does — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.149.92.51 (talk) 13:19, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mail Delivery what?[edit]

Dovecot fits the definition of a Mail Delivery Agent better than that of a Mail Transfer Agent, so I changed the article's category accordingly. Lightforce 04:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dbox link[edit]

I'm pretty sure that the Dbox link goes to the wrong wikipedia article. Sneeper (talk) 16:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Functionality[edit]

I've read the article carefully. Really the function of Dovecot is not explained clearly. Yes, it's a mail server understanding POP3, IMAP, mbox and Maildir. Nobody can miss that. But a mechanism handling mail has two sides--upstream and downstream. Presumably Dovecot understands POP3 and IMAP for both. Retrieve from another server by POP3 and forward to another server by IMAP for example. Retrieving by POP3 or IMAP and writing into a local mbox file also seems a likely possibility. What about reading from an mbox file and forwarding by POP3 or IMAP? Do all the upstream/downstream combinations work? If so that should be stated. If not, the limitation should be explained. What if there is a requirement to retrieve messages by POP3 and forward by SMTP? Can Dovecot help there? With no intention to offend, Eric Raymond's Luxury of Ignorance essay really is pertinent. Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 17:51, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

After installing and investigating a little I'll hypothesize that on the upstream side, messages can be retrieved from the file system only; not by POP3 or IMAP. The network protocols are only available on the downstream side. Retrieval on the upstream side must be handled by getmail or similar. The topic deserves more attention in the article. Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 17:41, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]