Dovecot is available to download from http://www.dovecot.org/
wget http://www.dovecot.org/releases/dovecot-1.0.2.tar.gz gunzip dovecot-1.0.2.tar.gz tar -xvf dovecot-1.0.2.tar cd dovecot-1.0.2
./configure make make install
Now move the example configuration file into the correct location:-
mv /usr/local/etc/dovecot-example.conf /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
Edit configuration settings as per example file (example coming soon...)
You should add a dovecot user to your server:-
useradd -c "dovecot" -d /data/dovecot/ -s /sbin/nologin dovecot
Run it via:-
/usr/local/sbin/dovecot
All done!
If you want to run a server and you have a firewall running, you probably need to edit the firewall rules to allow access to port 143 (IMAP)
If using iptables use the following:-
vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config Add the following line near the bottom -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 143 -j ACCEPT
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