{
  "slug": "dovecot",
  "category": "mail-server-software",
  "name": "Dovecot",
  "description": "IMAP and POP3 server for Linux and Unix that stores and serves mailboxes, with support for Sieve filtering through Pigeonhole. The Community Edition is open source.",
  "website": "https://dovecot.org",
  "source": "https://github.com/dovecot/core",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "linux"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "FI",
    "name": "Finland",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "A",
  "score": 90,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Dovecot scores 90 out of 100 (grade A) on the mail server software criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It partly meets independent audit. It is based in Finland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR).",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/mail-server-software/dovecot/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/mail-server-software/dovecot/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/main/COPYING",
      "note": "LGPL-2.1 and MIT."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/dovecot/core",
      "note": "No telemetry or analytics in the source code."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.dovecotpro.com/",
      "note": "Funded by the commercial Dovecot Pro edition sold by Open-Xchange. No ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://cure53.de/pentest-report_dovecot.pdf",
      "note": "Code audit by Cure53, older than three years."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:02:36.519Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}