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| Override the Default Configs | Dovecot |
Add Configuration
The Dovecot default configuration can easily be extended providing a docker-data/dms/config/dovecot.cf file.
Dovecot documentation remains the best place to find configuration options.
Your docker-mailserver folder should look like this example:
├── docker-data/dms/config
│ ├── dovecot.cf
│ ├── postfix-accounts.cf
│ └── postfix-virtual.cf
├── docker-compose.yml
└── README.md
One common option to change is the maximum number of connections per user:
mail_max_userip_connections = 100
Another important option is the default_process_limit (defaults to 100). If high-security mode is enabled you'll need to make sure this count is higher than the maximum number of users that can be logged in simultaneously.
This limit is quickly reached if users connect to the docker-mailserver with multiple end devices.
Override Configuration
For major configuration changes it’s best to override the dovecot configuration files. For each configuration file you want to override, add a list entry under the volumes key.
services:
mailserver:
volumes:
- ./docker-data/dms/mail-data/:/var/mail/
- ./docker-data/dms/config/dovecot/10-master.conf:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf
You will first need to obtain the configuration from the running container (where mailserver is the container name):
mkdir -p ./docker-data/dms/config/dovecot
docker cp mailserver:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf ./docker-data/dms/config/dovecot/10-master.conf
Debugging
To debug your dovecot configuration you can use:
- This command:
./setup.sh debug login doveconf | grep <some-keyword> - Or:
docker exec -it mailserver doveconf | grep <some-keyword>
!!! note
setup.sh is included in the docker-mailserver repository. Make sure to use the one matching your image version release.
The file docker-data/dms/config/dovecot.cf is copied internally to /etc/dovecot/local.conf. To verify the file content, run:
docker exec -it mailserver cat /etc/dovecot/local.conf