Dovecot version 1.1.3 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.1.3

      View the most recent changes for the dovecot port at: dovecot.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for dovecot.
      The raw portfile for dovecot 1.1.3 is located here:
      http://dovecot.darwinports.com/dports/mail/dovecot/Portfile
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      The dovecot Portfile 39958 2008-09-14 03:40:17Z jberry macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: dovecot
      epoch 20060722
      Version: 1.1.3

      Category: mail
      Maintainers: jberry
      Platform: darwin

      Description: Secure, fast imap and pop3 server -- currently in alpha approaching final
      Long Description: Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security primarily in mind. Although it's written in C, it uses several coding techniques to avoid most of the common pitfalls.

      Homepage: http://dovecot.org/

      Master Sites: ${homepage}releases/1.1
      distname dovecot-${version}
      Checksums: md5 103ff0ffb4bcb37f22c27779553e48bc sha1 a46a4bdb3d6fb86d74458c1e375cf71ff4503189 rmd160 ef759b01c0e80a3d6d9234189c97d478e9785c10

      depends_lib port:libiconv port:pkgconfig port:zlib port:openssl

      configure.args --sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc/dovecot --localstatedir=${prefix}/var --with-ssl=openssl --with-ssl-dir=${prefix}/etc/ssl

      configure.cppflags "-I${prefix}/include/openssl"

      post-configure {
      # madvise fails on darwin 7 and earlier, but is fixed on darwin 8
      if { ${os.platform} == "darwin" && [rpm-vercomp ${os.version} 8.0] < 0 } {
      reinplace "s|#define HAVE_MADVISE 1|/* #undef HAVE_MADVISE */|" ${worksrcpath}/config.h
      }
      }

      post-destroot {
      # Create the dovecot user and group
      addgroup dovecot
      set gid [existsgroup dovecot]
      adduser dovecot gid=${gid} realname=Dovecot
      }

      platform darwin 7 {
      # Avoid broken poll
      configure.args-append --with-ioloop=select
      }

      platform darwin 8 {
      configure.args-append --with-ioloop=kqueue
      }

      platform darwin 9 {
      configure.args-append --with-ioloop=kqueue
      }

      Variant: postgres {
      depends_lib-append port:postgresql80
      configure.args-append --with-pgsql
      configure.ldflags-append "-L${prefix}/lib/pgsql8"
      configure.cppflags-append "-I${prefix}/include/pgsql8"
      }

      Variant: rawlog { configure.args-append --with-rawlog }

      Variant: ldap { configure.args-append --with-ldap
      depends_lib-append port:openldap
      }

      startupitem.create yes
      startupitem.executable ${prefix}/sbin/dovecot
      startupitem.pidfile auto ${prefix}/var/run/dovecot/master.pid

      livecheck.check regex
      livecheck.url http://dovecot.org/download.html
      livecheck.regex "${name}-(\\d+\\.\\d+(\\.\\d+)?).tar.gz"


    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/dovecot
      % sudo port install dovecot
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching dovecot
      ---> Verifying checksum for dovecot
      ---> Extracting dovecot
      ---> Configuring dovecot
      ---> Building dovecot with target all
      ---> Staging dovecot into destroot
      ---> Installing dovecot
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using dovecot with these commands:
      %  man dovecot
      % apropos dovecot
      % which dovecot
      % locate dovecot

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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