Dovecot

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NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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Dovecot Community Edition is an open-source email server.

Pricing

Dovecot Community EditionOpen source · LGPLv2.1 license (with a few exceptions)Free
Dovecot ProCommercial version · Get a quoteOn request

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Facts

Website: dovecot.org
Price: Free tier
Free trial: Not stated
Community support: Community support is available through mailing lists and the #dovecot IRC channel on OFTC.
Deployment: The download page offers source tarballs and official pre-built Docker images.
Intended users: Dovecot Pro is described as built for carrier and enterprise-scale email infrastructure, including telcos and hosting providers.
Mail filtering: Integrated Pigeonhole provides server-side filtering with the standardized Sieve language.
Package support limits: The community package repositories are provided without official support, warranty, or SLAs.
Performance: Dovecot uses advanced indexing and intelligent caching for performance.
Protocols: The download page lists IMAP, POP3, and LMTP protocol packages.
Reliability: Dovecot is designed to identify and repair common issues such as corrupted index files.
Search: Dovecot’s full-text search integration supports message-body and substring searches.
Security: Dovecot describes a multi-process architecture that isolates tasks to limit the impact of a vulnerability in one component.
Security reporting: The security page directs vulnerability reports to its GPG-encrypted mailbox or YesWeHack bug bounty program.

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