Enable POP3 protocol for incoming mail

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How do I enable POP3 for incoming email?

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I have tried apt-get install dovecot-pop3d and ufw allow 110 && ufw allow 995 && ufw reload

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Check /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf for the following lines

service pop3-login {
  inet_listener pop3 {
    port = 110
  }
  inet_listener pop3s {
    port = 995
    ssl = yes
  }
}

Opening Port 110 is a bad idea, it’s unsecure and we’re paranoid :wink:

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Great that worked!

For anyone interested:

  1. sudo apt-get install dovecot-pop3d
  2. sudo ufw allow 995 && sudo ufw reload
  3. sudo vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf

Uncomment the following:

service pop3-login {
  inet_listener pop3s {
    port = 995
    ssl = yes
  }
}
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5

Thanks. This works great and is still important for allowing users to access their other email accounts through Gmail (which does not support IMAP).

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IMAP is working for and with Gmail afaik …

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FYI: this is now officially supported by MIAB without any configuration changes.

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POP3 is NOT for incoming email. it is just for clients to get email from the server. Completely different. SMTP is what your server will use to send and receive email to any other domain on the net.