How to Restore the Default Dovecot Configuration

Introduction

You may determine that it is necessary to restore the Dovecot configuration to the default configuration used in cPanel & WHM. Customizations to Dovecot are made utilizing the Dovecot "main.local" template file.

Procedure

1. Access the server's command line as the 'root' user via SSH or the "Terminal" application in WHM.
2. Create a directory in which the current Dovecot configuration will be stored.

   mkdir /root/backupconfig/

3. Move the configuration file to the storage location with the following command.
   

   mv /var/cpanel/templates/dovecot/main.local /root/backupconfig/

4. Rebuild the Dovecot configuration using the following command.

   /scripts/builddovecotconf

5. Restart the Dovecot service using the following command.

   /scripts/restartsrv_dovecot

Additional resources

Mailserver Configuration: Add Dovecot settings