diff --git a/dovecot/manifests/init.pp b/dovecot/manifests/init.pp
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+++ b/dovecot/manifests/init.pp
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+class dovecot::common {
+
+    case $operatingsystem {
+        centos,fedora: {
+            package { ["dovecot"]:
+                ensure => installed,
+            }
+        }
+        default: {
+            fail("Dovecot module not supported in ${operatingsystem}.")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+define dovecot::server($mx_mailname="", $ssl_csr="", $ssl_cert="", $ssl_key="", $ssl_chain="") {
+
+    case $operatingsystem {
+        centos,fedora: {
+            $ssl_dir = "/etc/pki/tls"
+        }
+        default: {
+            fail("Dovecot module not supported in ${operatingsystem}.")
+        }
+    }
+
+    service { "dovecot":
+        ensure  => running,
+        enable  => true,
+        require => File["/etc/dovecot.conf"],
+    }
+
+    $mail_domain = $name ? {
+        "default" => "${homename}",
+        default   => "${name}",
+    }
+
+    if $ssl_chain {
+        file { "$ssl_dir/certs/${mx_mailname}.chain.crt":
+            ensure => present,
+            source => $ssl_chain,
+            mode   => 0644,
+            owner  => root,
+            group  => root,
+            notify => Service["dovecot"],
+        }
+    }
+
+    if $ssl_cert {
+        file { "$ssl_dir/certs/${mx_mailname}.crt":
+            ensure => present,
+            source => $ssl_cert,
+            mode   => 0644,
+            owner  => root,
+            group  => root,
+            notify => Service["dovecot"],
+        }
+    } else {
+        fail("You need to define an ssl_cert in your node manifest.")
+    }
+
+    if $ssl_key {
+        file { "$ssl_dir/private/${mx_mailname}.key":
+            ensure => present,
+            source => $ssl_key,
+            mode   => 0600,
+            owner  => root,
+            group  => root,
+            notify => Service["dovecot"],
+        }
+    } else {
+        fail("You need to define an ssl_key in your node manifest.")
+    }
+
+    file { "/etc/dovecot.conf":
+        ensure  => present,
+        content => template("dovecot/dovecot.conf.erb"),
+        mode    => 0644,
+        owner   => root,
+        group   => root,
+        notify => Service["dovecot"],
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dovecot/templates/dovecot.conf.erb b/dovecot/templates/dovecot.conf.erb
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+++ b/dovecot/templates/dovecot.conf.erb
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+protocols = imaps
+disable_plaintext_auth = yes
+ssl_cert_file = <%= ssl_dir %>/certs/<%= mx_mailname %>.crt
+ssl_key_file = <%= ssl_dir %>/private/<%= mx_mailname %>.key
+ssl_ca_file = <%= ssl_dir %>/certs/<%= mx_mailname %>.chain.crt
+login_chroot = yes
+login_user = dovecot
+login_max_processes_count = 256
+namespace private {
+   prefix = 
+   location = mbox:~/imapmail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
+   inbox = yes
+}
+protocol imap {
+  mail_plugins = zlib
+}
+  
+protocol pop3 {
+}
+protocol lda {
+  postmaster_address = postmaster@<%= mail_domain %>
+}
+auth default {
+  mechanisms = plain
+  passdb pam {
+  }
+  userdb passwd {
+  }
+  user = root
+}
+dict {
+}
+plugin {
+}