Dovecot Concepts

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Internal

dovecot
IMAP

Functions

IMAP server
POP3 server
LDA (Local Deliver Agent) https://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA

Mail Storage

mbox - multiple messages are stored in a single file.
Maildir - each message is stored in a separate file.
sdbox, mdbox - https://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/dbox

Authentication

Authentication Mechanisms https://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/Mechanisms
Password Databases: https://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase
passwd-file Password Database https://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile

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