.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file .TH DOVECOT 1 "2010-07-02" "Dovecot v2.0" "Dovecot" .SH NAME dovecot \- a secure and highly configurable IMAP and POP3 server .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH SYNOPSIS \fBdovecot\fP [\fB\-Fp\fP] [\fB\-c\fP \fIconfig\-file\fP] .br .B dovecot \-a [\fB\-c\fP \fIconfig\-file\fP] .br .B dovecot \-n [\fB\-c\fP \fIconfig\-file\fP] .br .B dovecot \-\-build\-options .br .B dovecot \-\-help .br .B dovecot \-\-version .br .B dovecot reload .br .B dovecot stop .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH DESCRIPTION Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX\-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Dovecot is an excellent choice for both small and large installations. It\(aqs fast, simple to set up, requires no special administration and it uses very little memory. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-a Dump all configuration settings to stdout and exit successfully. The same as .IR doveconf\ \-a . .TP .BI \-c\ config\-file Start .B dovecot with an alternative configuration. .TP .B \-F Run .B dovecot in foreground, do not daemonize. .TP .B \-n Dump non\-default settings to stdout and exit successfully. The same as .IR doveconf\ \-n . .TP .B \-p Prompt for the ssl key password for the configured .I ssl_key on startup. .TP .B \-\-build\-options Show Dovecot\(aqs build options and exit successfully. .TP .B \-\-help Print a usage message to stdout and exit successfully. .TP .B \-\-version Show Dovecot\(aqs version and exit successfully. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH COMMANDS .TP .B reload Force .B dovecot to reload its configuration. .TP .B stop Shutdown .B dovecot and all its child processes. .PP When .I shutdown_clients is set to .BR no , existing sessions will continue to use the old settings, after a .BR "dovecot reload" . Also all sessions will keep alive after a .BR "dovecot stop" . .br By default all active sessions will be shut down. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH SIGNALS Dovecot handles the following .I signals as described: .TP .B HUP Force .B dovecot to reload its configuration. .TP .B INT Shutdown .B dovecot and all its child processes. .TP .B TERM Shutdown .B dovecot and all its child processes. .TP .B USR1 Force .B dovecot to reopen all configured log files (\c .IR log_path , .IR info_log_path\ and .IR debug_log_path ). . .PP The .I signals .BR ALARM\ and .B PIPE are ignored. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH FILES .TP .I @pkgsysconfdir@/dovecot.conf Dovecot\(aqs main configuration file. .TP .I @pkgsysconfdir@/dovecot\-ldap.conf.ext Dovecot\(aqs LDAP authdb/userdb module configuration file. .TP .I @pkgsysconfdir@/dovecot\-sql.conf.ext Dovecot\(aqs SQL authdb/userdb module configuration file. .TP .I @pkgsysconfdir@/dovecot\-dict\-sql.conf.ext Dovecot\(aqs dict configuration with SQL\-backend. .TP .I @pkgsysconfdir@/conf.d/auth\-*\-conf.ext Configuration files of different authentication modules. .TP .I @pkgsysconfdir@/conf.d/*.conf Configuration files of different services and settings. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ @INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@ .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH AUTHOR Dovecot <http://dovecot.org> and its manual pages were written by the Dovecot authors <http://dovecot.org/doc/AUTHORS>, mainly Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>, and are licensed under the terms of the MIT and LGPLv2.1 licenses, see <http://dovecot.org/doc/COPYING> for details. .\"------------------------------------------------------------------------ .SH SEE ALSO .BR doveadm (1), .BR doveconf (1), .BR dovecot\-lda (1), .BR dsync (1)