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Dovecot
Plans and prices
Dovecot Community Edition
Free
Open source · LGPLv2.1 license (with a few exceptions)
Read 8 Oct 2026 · dovecot.org
Dovecot Pro
Priced on request
Commercial version · Get a quote
Read 8 Oct 2026 · dovecotpro.com
On the record
- Community support
- Community support is available through mailing lists and the #dovecot IRC channel on OFTC.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The download page offers source tarballs and official pre-built Docker images.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Dovecot Pro is described as built for carrier and enterprise-scale email infrastructure, including telcos and hosting providers.dovecotpro.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Mail filtering
- Integrated Pigeonhole provides server-side filtering with the standardized Sieve language.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Package support limits
- The community package repositories are provided without official support, warranty, or SLAs.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Performance
- Dovecot uses advanced indexing and intelligent caching for performance.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Protocols
- The download page lists IMAP, POP3, and LMTP protocol packages.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Reliability
- Dovecot is designed to identify and repair common issues such as corrupted index files.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Search
- Dovecot’s full-text search integration supports message-body and substring searches.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- Dovecot describes a multi-process architecture that isolates tasks to limit the impact of a vulnerability in one component.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security reporting
- The security page directs vulnerability reports to its GPG-encrypted mailbox or YesWeHack bug bounty program.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Dovecot Community Edition is an open-source email server.dovecot.org · read 8 Oct 2026
