[Dovecot] Ways to poke and prod Dovecot?

I'm a newbie and want to learn more about Dovecot. I can install it in a test bed but am not sure how to run it so it shows me what it's doing but i'm not actually mailing stuff. Is there a doc somewhere?

Thanks!

Leam

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