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+Build Instructions
+
+For most people, the usual:
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+is enough. This installs Dovecot under /usr/local.
+
+If you have installed some libraries into locations which require
+special include or library paths, you can give them in CPPFLAGS and
+LDFLAGS environment variables. For example:
+
+CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/openssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/openssl/lib ./configure
+
+See ./configure --help for a list of all available configure options.
+See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/CompilingSource for more information.
+
+Running
+
+Start with the example configuration:
+
+    cp -r /usr/local/share/doc/dovecot/example-config/* /usr/local/etc/dovecot/
+
+Read through, and make needed modifications.
+
+Once everything is configured, start Dovecot by running "dovecot"
+binary.
+
+See Wiki for more information about configuration. If you're in a hurry,
+go at least through http://wiki2.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration
+
+SSL/TLS
+
+Dovecot used to support both GNUTLS and OpenSSL libraries, but nowadays
+only the OpenSSL code is working.