dovecotcput/dovecot repository overview

⁠Installation

See INSTALL.md⁠ file.

⁠Configuration

See doc/documentation.txt⁠ or http://wiki2.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)⁠
• SASL and GSS-API Mechanisms
• 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

⁠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

Timo Sirainen [email protected]⁠, http://www.dovecot.org/⁠

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