Dovecot is a beautiful pop3 server that works well with most of the linux based mail servers.

Follow the steps mentioned here to configure and installation first.

Now install dovecot

• yum install dovecot

Edit the dovecot configuration file

• vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

Un-comment the line

• protocols = imap pop3 lmtp

Edit the following file:

• vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf

Un- comment the following line

• mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

Edit the following file:

• vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf

Un- comment the following line:

• disable_plaintext_auth = yes
• Add ” login” at the end of the line “auth_mechanisms = plain”

Edit the following section in file incase you are using a virtual domain hosting. Else please skip editing the below file:

• vi /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf

• unix_listener auth-userdb {
• mode = 0600
• user = <user created for postfix mailbox>
• group = <user created for postfix mailbox>
• }

Now start the dovecot server

• systemctl start dovecot
• systemctl enable dovecot

Ensure the pop server is working

• netstat -na | grep 110