COMPRESS-CONNECT(1)                 Dovecot                COMPRESS-CONNECT(1)

NAME
       compress-connect - Establish a compress-aware imap connection

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm compress-connect host [port]

DESCRIPTION
       Connects to a compression-enabled IMAP service at given host:port.
       doveadm-compress-connect takes care of the compression/decompression,
       and to switch it on at the appropriate moment when the client sends the
       IMAP command COMPRESS DEFLATE

ARGUMENTS

       o   host - the hostname/ip address to connect to

       o   port - the port to connect to, 143 by default


REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
       <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available
       at: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1), RFC 4978

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