Installing Dovecot IMAP4 and POP3 Mail Delivery Agent on Ubuntu

Dovecot is a secured IMAP4 and POP3 mail delivery agent (MDA). To install, issue the following command:

#apt-get install dovecot-imapd
#apt-get install dovecot-pop3d

The configuration file of Dovecot (dovecot.conf) can be found in the directory "/etc/dovecot".

The package usually works in tandem with the Postfix SMTP mail transfer agent (MTA). I've tested the above commands under Ubuntu 8.10.