Install Dovecot
You can install Dovecot to configure the system as an IMAP or POP3 server.
About this task
The dovecot package provides the following components:
- The
dovecotservice and the utilities to maintain it - Services that Dovecot starts on demand, such as for authentication
- Plugins, such as server-side mail filtering
- Configuration files in the
/etc/dovecot/directory - Documentation in the
/usr/share/doc/dovecot/directory
Procedure
dovecot package:
# dnf install dovecot
If Dovecot is already installed and you require clean configuration files, rename or remove the /etc/dovecot/ directory. Afterwards, reinstall the package. Without removing the configuration files, the dnf reinstall dovecot command does not reset the configuration files in /etc/dovecot/.