Dovecot is a popular open-source IMAP and POP3 email server that can be installed on multiple operating systems including Windows. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Dovecot on Windows 10.
Prerequisites
- A Windows 10 machine
- Administrator access
Steps
- Download Dovecot
- Go to https://dovecot.org/download.html and download the latest version of Dovecot for Windows.
- Save the downloaded file in a directory where you would like to install Dovecot.
- Extract the archive
- Right-click the downloaded Dovecot file and select "Extract All".
- Select the directory where you want the file to be extracted.
- Click "Extract" to extract the files.
- Install Dovecot
- Open the "bin" folder located inside the extracted Dovecot directory.
- Right-click the "dovecot.exe" file and select "Run as administrator".
- Click "Next" to proceed with the installation.
- Accept the license agreement and click "Next".
- Choose the installation location, or leave the default location as it is, and click "Next".
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
- Configure Dovecot
- Open the "conf" folder located inside the Dovecot directory.
- Edit the "dovecot.conf" file using a text editor of your choice.
- Find the 'protocols' parameter and uncomment the lines that you want to enable. For example:
# protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve
protocols = imap pop3
- Start Dovecot
- Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator.
- Navigate to the Dovecot directory using the following command:
cd C:\PATH\TO\DOVECOT
- Enter the following command to start Dovecot:
.\sbin\dovecot.exe
- Dovecot should now start, and you can connect to it using your email client.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Dovecot on your Windows 10 machine.
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