Dovecot

Plans

As dovecot.org lists them, read 8 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Facts from Dovecot's own pages

Community support

Community support is available through mailing lists and the #dovecot IRC channel on OFTC. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Deployment

The download page offers source tarballs and official pre-built Docker images. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Intended users

Dovecot Pro is described as built for carrier and enterprise-scale email infrastructure, including telcos and hosting providers. · dovecotpro.com, 8 Oct 2026

Mail filtering

Integrated Pigeonhole provides server-side filtering with the standardized Sieve language. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Package support limits

The community package repositories are provided without official support, warranty, or SLAs. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Performance

Dovecot uses advanced indexing and intelligent caching for performance. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Protocols

The download page lists IMAP, POP3, and LMTP protocol packages. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Reliability

Dovecot is designed to identify and repair common issues such as corrupted index files. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Search

Dovecot’s full-text search integration supports message-body and substring searches. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Security

Dovecot describes a multi-process architecture that isolates tasks to limit the impact of a vulnerability in one component. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

Security reporting

The security page directs vulnerability reports to its GPG-encrypted mailbox or YesWeHack bug bounty program. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

What it does

Dovecot Community Edition is an open-source email server. · dovecot.org, 8 Oct 2026

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