DOVECOT(1)							    DOVECOT(1)



NAME
       dovecot - secure mail server that supports mbox and maildir mailboxes

SYNOPSIS
       dovecot [options]

DESCRIPTION
       dovecot	is  a  mail  server whose major goals are security and extreme
       reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and ver
       ify  that  all  data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It
       should also be pretty fast, extensible, and portable.

OPTIONS
       -F Start dovecot as foreground process (otherwise: start as daemon)

       -p Ask for private SSL key password

       -a Dump configuration and exit

       -n Dump all non-default configuration items and exit

       -c 
	      Use   as  path  to  the  configuration  instead  of
	      /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf

       --version Print version and exit

       --build-options Print build options and exit

       --exec-mail  [
] Start protocol from section

AUTHOR
       dovecot was written by Timo Sirainen .

       This manual page was written by Fabio Tranchitella ,
       for the Debian project (but may be used by others).



				 4 August 2007			    DOVECOT(1)