DOVECOT.CONF(5)

💖 dovecot.conf — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so this is DOVECOT.CONF(5) — it lives in the File Formats and Conventions section of the manual, and it's literally all about the config file for the dovecot imap and pop3 server. slay, let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

dovecot.conf — the configuration file for the dovecot imap and pop3 server 🦋

🎀 FULL PATH 🎀

the whole entire glow-up location, no cap:

/etc/dovecot.conf

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the tea is this: the dovecot.conf file is a configuration file for the dovecot(1) imap and pop3 server 🫶 and here's the part that ate — the dovecot.conf configuration file contains description to all available options. yes, all of them. every single one, periodt.

some of these options are described also in the offline wiki documentation, which is placed here:

/usr/share/doc/dovecot*/wiki/

and bestie, for backup purposes 🎀 an unmodified version of dovecot.conf can be found in:

/usr/share/doc/dovecot-<version>/example-config/dovecot.conf.default

literally a whole untouched copy just vibing there in case you need it. iconic. keep it safe, iykyk 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go peek at these when you're done here, they're giving main character energy:

• doveadm(1)
• dovecot(1)
• /usr/share/doc/dovecot*/wiki/
• /usr/share/doc/dovecot*/dovecot.conf.default

🌟 that's the whole page, no notes. go forth and configure your mail server, you gorgeous genius 🧚‍♀️

this lil manual page was brought to you by dovecot, dated 2010/06/27, and yes it's DOVECOT.CONF(5) fr fr 💖✨