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DOVECOT(1)							      Dovecot								DOVECOT(1)

NAME

       dovecot - a secure and highly configurable IMAP and POP3 server

SYNOPSIS

       dovecot [-Fp] [-c config-file]
       dovecot -a [-c config-file]
       dovecot -n [-c config-file]
       dovecot --build-options
       dovecot --help
       dovecot --version
       dovecot reload
       dovecot stop

DESCRIPTION

       Dovecot	is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind.  Dovecot is an excel-
       lent choice for both small and large installations.  It's fast, simple to set up, requires no special administration and it uses very  lit-
       tle memory.

OPTIONS

       -a     Dump all configuration settings to stdout and exit successfully.	The same as doveconf -a.

       -c config-file
	      Start dovecot with an alternative configuration.

       -F     Run dovecot in foreground, do not daemonize.

       -n     Dump non-default settings to stdout and exit successfully.  The same as doveconf -n.

       -p     Prompt for the ssl key password for the configured ssl_key on startup.

       --build-options
	      Show Dovecot's build options and exit successfully.

       --help Print a usage message to stdout and exit successfully.

       --version
	      Show Dovecot's version and exit successfully.

COMMANDS

       reload Force dovecot to reload its configuration.

       stop   Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.

       When  shutdown_clients  is  set	to no, existing sessions will continue to use the old settings, after a dovecot reload.  Also all sessions
       will keep alive after a dovecot stop.
       By default all active sessions will be shut down.

SIGNALS

       Dovecot handles the following signals as described:

       HUP    Force dovecot to reload its configuration.

       INT    Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.

       TERM   Shutdown dovecot and all its child processes.

       USR1   Force dovecot to reopen all configured log files (log_path, info_log_path and debug_log_path).

       The signals ALARM and PIPE are ignored.

FILES

       /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
	      Dovecot's main configuration file.

       /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext
	      Dovecot's LDAP authdb/userdb module configuration file.

       /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
	      Dovecot's SQL authdb/userdb module configuration file.

       /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
	      Dovecot's dict configuration with SQL-backend.

       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-*-conf.ext
	      Configuration files of different authentication modules.

       /etc/dovecot/conf.d/*.conf
	      Configuration files of different services and settings.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>.  Information about reporting bugs	is  avail-
       able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

AUTHOR

       Dovecot	<http://dovecot.org>  and  its manual pages were written by the Dovecot authors <http://dovecot.org/doc/AUTHORS>, mainly Timo Sir-
       ainen <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.

SEE ALSO

       doveadm(1), doveconf(1), dovecot-lda(1), dsync(1)

Dovecot v2.1							    2010-07-02								DOVECOT(1)

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DOVEADM-LOG(1)							      Dovecot							    DOVEADM-LOG(1)

NAME

       doveadm-log - Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [-Dv] log errors
       doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory]
       doveadm [-Dv] log reopen
       doveadm [-Dv] log test

DESCRIPTION

       The  doveadm  log commands are used to locate and reopen the log files of dovecot(1).  It's also possible to test the configured targets of
       the *log_path settings.

OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

COMMANDS

   log errors
       doveadm log errors

       The log errors command is used to show the last	- up to 1,000 - errors and warnings.  If no output is generated, no errors  have  occurred
       since the last start.

   log find
       doveadm log find [directory]

       The  log  find  command	is used to show the location of the log files, to which dovecot(1) sends its log messages.  If dovecot(1) logs its
       messages through syslogd(8) and doveadm(1) could not find any log files, you can specify the directory where your syslogd  writes  its  log
       files.

   log reopen
       doveadm log reopen

       This command causes doveadm to reopen all log files, configured in the log_path, info_log_path and debug_log_path settings.  These settings
       are configured in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf.
       This is for example useful after manually rotating the log files.

   log test
       doveadm log test

       This command causes doveadm to write the message "This is Dovecot's priority log (timestamp)" to the configured log files.  The used prior-
       ities are: debug, info, warning, error and fatal.

EXAMPLE

       This example shows how to locate the log files used by dovecot(1).

       doveadm log find
       Looking for log files from /var/log
       Debug: /var/log/dovecot.debug
       Info: /var/log/mail.log
       Warning: /var/log/mail.log
       Error: /var/log/mail.log
       Fatal: /var/log/mail.log

REPORTING BUGS

       Report  bugs,  including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>.	Information about reporting bugs is avail-
       able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO

       doveadm(1)

Dovecot v2.1							    2012-02-22							    DOVEADM-LOG(1)
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