docker-mailserver/docs/content/config/advanced/dovecot-master-accounts.md
Andrew Cornford 2f3cbfc144
feat: Support for Dovecot master accounts (#2535)
Dovecot master accounts can now be configured in DMS via `setup.sh`.
A master account is useful for administration purposes, or to perform mailbox backups of every user account over IMAP.
Upstream Docs: https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/authentication/master_users/

Co-authored-by: Casper <casperklein@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Brennan Kinney <5098581+polarathene@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-05-08 00:28:32 +02:00

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title: 'Advanced | Dovecot master accounts'
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## Introduction
A dovecot master account is able to login as any configured user. This is useful for administrative tasks like hot backups.
## Configuration
It is possible to create, update, delete and list dovecot master accounts using `setup.sh`. See `setup.sh help` for usage.
This feature is presently [not supported with LDAP](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/2535).
## Logging in
Once a master account is configured, it is possible to connect to any users mailbox using this account. Log in over POP3/IMAP using the following credential scheme:
Username: `<EMAIL ADDRESS>*<MASTER ACCOUNT NAME>`
Password: `<MASTER ACCOUNT PASSWORD>`