Dovecot
Secure, high-performance IMAP and POP3 server
Dovecot is an open-source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux and Unix systems, written with security as a primary goal. It is the mailbox-access component of most self-hosted mail stacks.
Key features
- High-performance IMAP/POP3
- Sieve filtering support
- Flexible mailbox storage formats
- Strong security focus
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Very efficient and reliable
- Industry standard
Trade-offs
- Configuration is complex
- Mailbox access only
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