Installing Dovecot on CentOS

To install the Dovecot on your CentOS 5.2 server, issue the command:

#yum install dovecot

If you are installing the RPM package that comes with the CD, the command to install dovecot is:

#rpm -Uvh dovecot-1.0.7-2.el5.i386.rpm

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.