On 23/08/25, Dharma Mati via dovecot ([email protected]) wrote: > I have been trying for weeks to make it work.But I simply cant. > Would you plz kindly tell me how it should be? :
Below is a version of your configuration file that seems to allow Dovecot 2.4 to start, at least. To make it run with the official Dovecot docker image, I've had to make some changes to paths -- more work is required. I suggest you grab the configuration setup here: https://github.com/rorycl/dovecot-config/tree/main/migration and add your userdb and passdb files and see if a test Docker run works with that. You can test logins with `nc` as shown at that "migration" url. I suggest you read through the upgrade notes at the url below. Cheers, Rory --- # for translation of settings, see # https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/installation/upgrade/2.3-to-2.4.html#converted-settings # https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/core/config/quick.html dovecot_config_version = 2.4.1 dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.0 # enable desired protocols: protocols { imap = yes lmtp = yes } # ok auth_mechanisms = cram-md5 plain login # disable_plaintext_auth = no auth_allow_cleartext = yes # ok; can expand for ipv6 # listen = * listen = *, :: # mail_* confi has changed # mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir # examples from example configuration in docker image mail_driver=maildir mailbox_list_layout=index mailbox_list_utf8=yes mail_path=~/mail # mail_home=/srv/vmail/%{user | lower} # variable naming has changed; here is a go at translating mail_home=/home/vmail/%{user|domain}/%{user|username}/Maildir mail_utf8_extensions = yes # default login user for Docker ONLY # DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION default_internal_user = vmail default_login_user = vmail default_internal_group = vmail # # logging for Docker: don't use in production log_path = /dev/stderr info_log_path = /dev/stderr debug_log_path = /dev/stderr namespace inbox { inbox = yes # location = ?? mailbox Drafts { # check https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/core/config/namespaces.html#mailbox_special_use special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } # prefix = ?? } # passdb { # args = * # driver = pam # } # Example: authenticate system users: passdb pam { } # passdb { # args = scheme=CRAM-MD5 username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users # driver = passwd-file # } # example passdb if pam is not used passdb user-only { driver = passwd-file auth_username_format=%{user|username|lower} passwd_file_path = /etc/dovecot/users.db } # haven't looked at this service auth { # unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { unix_listener /etc/dovecot/socket/example-postfix.sock { # group = postfix group = vmail mode = 0666 # user = postfix user = vmail } } # ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/server.crt # ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it # example ssl config ssl = yes ssl_server { cert_file = /etc/dovecot/certs/server.crt key_file = /etc/dovecot/certs/server.key } # userdb { # driver = passwd # } # userdb { # args = scheme=CRAM-MD5 username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users # driver = passwd-file # } # userdb { # args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%d/%n # driver = static # } # example userdb userdb user-only { driver = passwd-file auth_username_format=%{user|username|lower} passwd_file_path = /etc/dovecot/users.db } # https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/core/config/ssl.html#with-client-tls-sni-server-name-indication-support local_name example.net { ssl_server_cert_file = /etc/dovecot/certs/example.crt ssl_server_key_file = /etc/dovecot/certs/example.key } # local_name { # ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/fullchain.pem # ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it # } _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
