# Why does MIAB use dovecot?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076>\
**Category:** Improvements\
**Created:** [November 18, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076 "2023-11-18T14:18:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![oaijsfio](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@oaijsfio](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/oaijsfio)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076/1 "2023-11-18T14:18:01Z")

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I thought postfix has IMAP built in out-of-box. Why does MIAB choose to use Dovecot over Postfix for IMAP?

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**Author:** ![JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/joshdata/32/2153_2.png) [@JoshData](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JoshData)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076/2 "2023-11-19T14:46:43Z")

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I don’t think that’s true?

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**Author:** ![gezza](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9dc877/32.png) [@gezza](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/gezza)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076/3 "2023-11-21T16:41:44Z")

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Hi  
Quote from [oreilly.com](http://oreilly.com):  
" Postfix is a mail transfer agent and **does not implement POP or IMAP**"

Hope it helps  
Gez

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4d0933d13c456b7e57f296aa6cc344525b6f0c70.png) [@system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076/4 "2024-01-18T14:18:44Z")

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