diff --git a/dovecot/.md5sum b/dovecot/.md5sum
index 2e9d0858a..338e2d362 100644
--- a/dovecot/.md5sum
+++ b/dovecot/.md5sum
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 1c37d911bc42fb40f0ef5a3f5822b170  dovecot
-665ec0f09fe4f0a8f3f9efd7b9a02297  dovecot-1.0.rc7.tar.gz
-6c55ad80972fd8c14f8c934249566b21  dovecot-config.patch
+888ecd634dbb4a4755c1a892e8eb3950  dovecot-1.0.rc8.tar.gz
+4ab73d8bfd17af878a16f6bca40959ca  dovecot-config.patch
diff --git a/dovecot/Pkgfile b/dovecot/Pkgfile
index 037c83789..251e99530 100644
--- a/dovecot/Pkgfile
+++ b/dovecot/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  openssl
 
 name=dovecot
-version=1.0.rc7
+version=1.0.rc8
 release=1
 source=(http://dovecot.org/releases/$name-$version.tar.gz \
         dovecot-config.patch dovecot)
diff --git a/dovecot/dovecot-config.patch b/dovecot/dovecot-config.patch
index 3fc7eed68..34f7a3ecf 100644
--- a/dovecot/dovecot-config.patch
+++ b/dovecot/dovecot-config.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-example.conf
---- dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf	2006-08-02 19:46:43.000000000 +0200
-+++ dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-example.conf	2006-08-02 19:46:56.000000000 +0200
-@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
+diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc8.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc8/dovecot-example.conf
+--- dovecot-1.0.rc8.orig/dovecot-example.conf	2006-10-09 22:50:10.000000000 +0200
++++ dovecot-1.0.rc8/dovecot-example.conf	2006-10-09 23:01:01.000000000 +0200
+@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
  # --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl
  
  # Base directory where to store runtime data.
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
 +base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
  
  # Protocols we want to be serving: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
+ # If you only want to use dovecot-auth, you can set this to "none".
 -#protocols = imap imaps
 +protocols = imaps pop3s
  
  # IP or host address where to listen in for connections. It's not currently
  # possible to specify multiple addresses. "*" listens in all IPv4 interfaces.
-@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
+@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
  # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but
  # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed
  # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
  # If key file is password protected, give the password here. Alternatively
  # give it when starting dovecot with -p parameter.
-@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
+@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
  # which login needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created when
  # running as root, so you don't have to worry about permissions. Note that
  # everything in this directory is deleted when Dovecot is started.
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
  # chroot login process to the login_dir. Only reason not to do this is if you
  # wish to run the whole Dovecot without roots.
-@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
+@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
  # only it has access, it's used to control access for authentication process.
  # Note that this user is NOT used to access mails.
  # http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserIds
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
  # Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use
  # login_process_per_connection you might need to grow this.
-@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@
+@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@
  # login process be allowed to process multiple connections (no)? Yes is more
  # secure, espcially with SSL/TLS enabled. No is faster since there's no need
  # to create processes all the time.
@@ -98,20 +99,21 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
    # Maximum IMAP command line length in bytes. Some clients generate very long
    # command lines with huge mailboxes, so you may need to raise this if you get
-@@ -530,10 +530,10 @@
+@@ -530,11 +530,11 @@
  
  protocol pop3 {
    # Login executable location.
 -  #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
 +  login_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
  
-   # POP3 executable location
+   # POP3 executable location. See IMAP's mail_executable above for examples
+   # how this could be changed.
 -  #mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
 +  mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
  
    # Don't try to set mails non-recent or seen with POP3 sessions. This is
    # mostly intended to reduce disk I/O. With maildir it doesn't move files
-@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
+@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
    # installations. %08Xu%08Xv will be the new default, so use it for new
    # installations.
    #
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
    # POP3 logout format string:
    #  %t - number of TOP commands
-@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
+@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
    #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/lda
  
    # Binary to use for sending mails.
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
    # UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users.
    #auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
-@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
+@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
  ##
  
  # Executable location
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
  # Set max. process size in megabytes.
  #auth_process_size = 256
-@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
+@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@
    # database (passwd usually), you can use static userdb.
    # REMEMBER: You'll need /etc/pam.d/dovecot file created for PAM
    # authentication to actually work.
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
      #  [session=yes] [setcred=yes] [cache_key=<key>] [<service name>]
      #
      # session=yes makes Dovecot open and immediately close PAM session. Some
-@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
+@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
      #   args = session=yes *
      #   args = cache_key=%u dovecot
      #args = dovecot
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
    # /etc/passwd or similar, using getpwnam()
    # In many systems nowadays this uses Name Service Switch, which is
-@@ -783,8 +783,8 @@
+@@ -784,8 +784,8 @@
    #}
  
    # /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam(). Deprecated by PAM nowadays.
@@ -167,7 +169,7 @@ diff -Nru dovecot-1.0.rc3.orig/dovecot-example.conf dovecot-1.0.rc3/dovecot-exam
  
    # BSD authentication. Used by at least OpenBSD.
    #passdb bsdauth {
-@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
+@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@
    # authentication with BSDs internally accesses shadow files, which also
    # requires roots. Note that this user is NOT used to access mails.
    # That user is specified by userdb above.