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+The documentation in wiki/ directory has been imported from
+http://wiki2.dovecot.org/. The actual Wiki may contain more up-to-date
+information, so unless this is an old Dovecot release, you may want to use
+the Wiki directly.
+
+ * <QuickConfiguration.txt> for people in hurry
+ * <WhyDoesItNotWork.txt> - Why doesn't Dovecot work?
+
+Generic information about mail servers
+======================================
+
+ * Mail protocols: IMAP [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imap], POP3
+ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop3] and SMTP
+ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smtp]
+ * <Mail delivery agents and Sieve> [MDA.txt]
+ * <Mailbox formats> [MailboxFormat.txt]
+ * <Dovecot's index files> [IndexFiles.txt]
+ * <User authentication> [Authentication.txt]
+ * <SASL> [Sasl.txt]
+
+Dovecot installation
+====================
+
+It's a good idea to start with a simple Dovecot installation to see that
+everything works. After that you can start changing things one at a time, so if
+you run into trouble you know immediately where the problem is.
+
+If you're in a hurry and you already know enough about mail servers,
+<QuickConfiguration.txt> may be more helpful to you instead.
+
+ 1. Installing
+ * <Compiling from sources> [CompilingSource.txt]
+ * <Installing prebuilt binaries> [PrebuiltBinaries.txt]
+ 2. <Checking where mail is delivered to> [FindMailLocation.txt]
+ 3. <Configuring Dovecot> [BasicConfiguration.txt]
+ 4. <Running Dovecot> [RunningDovecot.txt]
+ 5. <Logging.txt>
+ 6. <Testing that everything works> [TestInstallation.txt]
+ * <Testing POP3 installation> [TestPop3Installation.txt]
+ 7. <Finishing the test installation> [FinishBasicConfiguration.txt]
+
+Dovecot configuration
+=====================
+
+ * Starting guidelines
+ * <System users> [SystemUsers.txt]
+ * <Virtual users> [VirtualUsers.txt]
+ * <UNIX User IDs used by Dovecot> [UserIds.txt]
+ * <Authentication configuration> [Authentication.txt]
+ * <Password databases> [PasswordDatabase.txt]
+ * <User databases> [UserDatabase.txt]
+ * <Multiple authentication databases>
+ [Authentication.MultipleDatabases.txt]
+ * <Kerberos> [Authentication.Kerberos.txt]
+ * <Restricting users' access> [Authentication.RestrictAccess.txt]
+ * <Special authentication features> [PasswordDatabase.ExtraFields.txt]
+ * <Master users> [Authentication.MasterUsers.txt]
+ * <Caching> [Authentication.Caching.txt]
+ * <Mailbox location configuration> [MailLocation.txt]
+ * <Mails stored in local disk> [MailLocation.LocalDisk.txt]
+ * <Mails stored in shared filesystem> [MailLocation.SharedDisk.txt]
+ (<NFS.txt>, clustered FS)
+ * <Director.txt> for easily proxying same user to same server to
+ avoid caching problems.
+ * <Maildir configuration> [MailLocation.Maildir.txt]
+ * <Mbox configuration> [MailLocation.Mbox.txt]
+ * <Namespaces.txt>
+ * <Shared mailboxes> [SharedMailboxes.txt]
+ * <Login processes and their settings> [LoginProcess.txt]
+ * <SSL.txt> settings and certificate creation
+ * <Plugins.txt>
+ * <Quota.txt>
+ * <Access Control Lists> [ACL.txt] (ACLs)
+ * <Dovecot as a POP3 server> [POP3Server.txt]
+ * <Dovecot's local delivery agent> [LDA.txt]
+ * <Sieve.txt> and <ManageSieve.txt>
+ * <Post-login scripting> [PostLoginScripting.txt]
+
+HOWTOs, examples and tutorials
+==============================
+
+Some HOWTOs haven't been included in wiki/. Use http://wiki2.dovecot.org/
+instead.
+
+ * <HOWTOs, examples and tutorials> [HowTo.txt] for different installations
+ * Existing Dovecot installations
+ [http://wiki2.dovecot.org/DovecotServerInstallations]
+
+Migration from existing systems
+===============================
+
+ * <From other IMAP/POP3 servers> [Migration.txt]
+ * <My mailboxes are lost after migrating to Dovecot!>
+ [MissingMailboxes.txt]
+ * <Upgrading Dovecot to a new version> [Upgrading.txt]
+ * <Converting between mailbox formats> [Migration.MailFormat.txt] (mbox <->
+ Maildir, etc.)
+
+Troubleshooting
+===============
+
+ * <Why doesn't Dovecot work?> [WhyDoesItNotWork.txt]
+ * <Finding the error message from logs> [Logging.txt]
+ * <Debugging authentication> [Debugging.Authentication.txt]
+ * <Process tracing> [Debugging.ProcessTracing.txt] is useful when Dovecot
+ seems slow or hangs completely
+ * Rawlog [Debugging.Rawlog.txt] can be used to log post-login IMAP/POP3
+ traffic
+ * <mbox errors and crashes> [MboxProblems.txt]
+ * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt]
+ * <Negative UIDs / message sets> [Clients.NegativeUIDs.txt]
+ * <Debugging using Thunderbird's logging> [Debugging.Thunderbird.txt]
+ * <"Time moved backwards" error> [TimeMovedBackwards.txt]
+ * <%d expands to empty string> [DomainLost.txt]
+ * <pre-authenticated sessions> [PreAuth.txt]
+ * Sending bug reports [http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html], debugging crashes
+ and sniffing network traffic
+
+Tuning
+======
+
+ * <Performance tuning> [PerformanceTuning.txt]
+ * <Security tuning> [SecurityTuning.txt]
+ * <Chrooting.txt>
+
+Reference
+=========
+
+ * <Dovecot's design> [Design.txt]
+ * <Client issues and configuration> [Clients.txt]