2/16/2011

Mail Server: dovecot with sieve support

http://www.howtoforge.com/dovecot_mail_server_sieve_virtual_users

  1. Install from source:  dovecot and sieve .
    dovecot: CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/openssl LDFLAGS=-L/usr/lib/ ./configure --with-pam --with-ldap --with-nss --with-ssl=openssl
    sieve(pigeonhole):  ./configure --with-dovecot=../dovecot-2.0.9/
    make
    make install

  2. cp ms dovecot.conf

  3. edit dovecot.conf
    mail_location=maildir:~/Maildir


problem encountered

  1. g++ not installed

  2. cannot find make: build-essential not installed

  3. libpam-dev libldap-dev libnss-dev libssl-dev install required