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Dovecot vs runit

A side-by-side look at Dovecot and runit. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Dovecot

Dovecot

Network & Admin

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 email server for Linux/UNIX systems. It is secure, efficient, and easy to set up. Dovecot supports SSL/TLS encryption for emails and authenticates users from databases like LDAP.

imappop3emailserverlinuxunixssltlsldap
runit

runit

System & Hardware

runit is a service supervision suite used to control processes and services on Unix-like operating systems. It is lightweight, customizable, and follows a simple yet robust process supervision scheme.

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