From 916063a79ba27a4cebaef568c95e26767fc712fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Morteza Milani Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 21:32:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Better documentation for POP3 settings, UIDL. UIDL assigns a unique string to each email. This allows emails to be left on the server after a client downloads them. --- setup/mail-dovecot.sh | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/setup/mail-dovecot.sh b/setup/mail-dovecot.sh index aaf77e25..abc13a5c 100755 --- a/setup/mail-dovecot.sh +++ b/setup/mail-dovecot.sh @@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ tools/editconf.py /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf \ imap_idle_notify_interval="4 mins" # Set POP3 UIDL +# UIDLs are used by POP3 clients to keep track of what messages they've downloaded. +# For new POP3 servers, the easiest way to set up UIDLs is to use IMAP's UIDVALIDITY +# and UID values, the default in Dovecot. tools/editconf.py /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf \ pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv