dovecot-imapd software package provides secure POP3/IMAP server - IMAP daemon, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dovecot-imapd
dovecot-imapd is installed in your system.
Make ensure the dovecot-imapd package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dovecot-imapd *
You will get with dovecot-imapd package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak |
| Section | |
| Package | dovecot-imapd |
| Version | 1:2.2.24-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | secure POP3/IMAP server - IMAP daemon |
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