Dovecot is an open-source service for IMAP and POP3 on Unix-like operating systems. It focused on lightweight and secure mail server available for most of the Linux operating system.

POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) both are protocols works as message accessing agent. These protocols are used to the fetch email message from user inbox on mail servers. In simple words, POP3 and IMAP are responsible to fetch messages from mailboxes and show you on your mobile device or web interface.

This tutorial will help you to install and configure Dovecot service on Ubuntu 20.04 system.

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