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I'm developing an email client and need a IMAP server without ssl to test with.

I have a bare Ubuntu 16.04 install with DigitalOceans I would like to setup as a simple imap server. It doesn't need to be able to accually send emails, I just need to be able to connect to it using the imap protocal.

What's the bare minimum configuration required?

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dovecot should work more or less out of the box. You may need to enable plaintext auth on insecure connections. Uncomment the disable_plaintext_auth line and change yes to no

disable_plaintext_auth = no

Install the package with the command sudo apt-get install dovecot-imapd.

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Install:

sudo apt-get install dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d

Configure the protocol you need to be used by appending the protocol in the file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:

protocols = imap

Choose the mailbox you would like to use. Dovecot supports maildir and mbox formats. Edit the file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and change the line

mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir # (for maildir)

or

mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u # (for mbox)

Restart the service:

systemctl restart dovecot

Use telnet to check that dovecot is working properly.

telnet localhost imap
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You can follow this guide

that set ups this email server

and use port 143 for the IMAP without SSH

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    This answer could be more useful if it included a summary of the important parts of your linked guide. It is likely possible to skip many steps, since the server is only to be used for testing IMAP communications
    – Fox
    Commented Aug 14, 2017 at 3:27

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