White, Daniel E. (GSFC-770.0)[NICS]
2021-Apr-28 17:28 UTC
Installation Question: Is a web server required ?
Can Dovecot be installed with Postfix and without being behind a web server ? I want a mail service that can only be accessed by POP3(s)/IMAP(s) and not by a web UI. Thanks.
On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 17:28:41 +0000 "White, Daniel E. (GSFC-770.0)[NICS]" <daniel.e.white at nasa.gov> wrote:> Can Dovecot be installed with Postfix and without being behind a web > server ? > > I want a mail service that can only be accessed by POP3(s)/IMAP(s) > and not by a web UI. > > Thanks. > > >Most definitely - web server is only required if you wanted things like webmail access - or any type of management interface.
Heiko Schlittermann
2021-Apr-28 17:34 UTC
Installation Question: Is a web server required ?
White, Daniel E. (GSFC-770.0)[NICS] <daniel.e.white at nasa.gov> (Mi 28 Apr 2021 19:28:41 CEST):> Can Dovecot be installed with Postfix and without being behind a web server ?Yes.> I want a mail service that can only be accessed by POP3(s)/IMAP(s) and not by a web UI.Dovecot is a pure POP3/IMAP server. No Web-UI is required/provided. (I think, there are other "modules" planned or working already, like calendar or such. But maybe I'm confusing this with alternative mail access server software.) -- Heiko -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 488 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20210428/016107f2/attachment.sig>
On 2021-04-28 19:28, White, Daniel E. (GSFC-770.0)[NICS] wrote:> Can Dovecot be installed with Postfix and without being behind a web > server ? > > I want a mail service that can only be accessed by POP3(s)/IMAP(s) and > not by a web UI.can a car fly without gasoline ? :=) none of the above software require x11 not even roundcube
On 28 Apr 2021, at 11:28, White, Daniel E. (GSFC-770.0)[NICS] <daniel.e.white at nasa.gov> wrote:> only be accessed by POP3(s)/IMAP(sThere is no reason to support POP3 on a new mail service. IMAP is suppserior in every way, both for the user and for the server. (There is nothing that POP3 can do that IMAP cannot duplicate, and many many MANY things that IMAPO can do that POP3 cannot). -- The city is flying, we're fighting an army of robots and I've got a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.