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The configuration file for the Dovecot service (which is not the same thing as dovecot-lda) is /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Modify the '''protocols''' option so that Dovecot will work with IMAP connections, no POP3 or LMTP. That should be all you need, the rest of the defaults will work just fine for us for now.
Use netstat to confirm the service is listening, and use telnet on the host to confirm you can connect to it.
If you can - it's time to do something wrong, that is connect to our IMAP server using Thunderbird over an unencrypted connection. Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf and set '''disable_plaintext_auth''' to '''no'''. Then edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf and set '''ssl''' to '''yes'''. This combination of parameters will allow your username and password to be sent over the internet in plain text, for anyone interested to look at. In the following lab we'll set up secure SMTP and IMAP connections, for now this is all we have time for.