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Environment Variables

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Values in bold are the default values. If an option doesn't work as documented here, check if you are running the latest image. The current master branch corresponds to the image ghcr.io/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver:edge.

General

OVERRIDE_HOSTNAME

If you can't set your hostname (eg: you're in a container platform that doesn't let you) specify it via this environment variable. It will have priority over docker run --hostname, or the equivalent hostname: field in compose.yaml.

  • empty => Uses the hostname -f command to get canonical hostname for DMS to use.
  • => Specify an FQDN (fully-qualified domain name) to serve mail for. The hostname is required for DMS to function correctly.
LOG_LEVEL

Set the log level for DMS. This is mostly relevant for container startup scripts and change detection event feedback.

Valid values (in order of increasing verbosity) are: error, warn, info, debug and trace. The default log level is info.

SUPERVISOR_LOGLEVEL

Here you can adjust the log-level for Supervisor. Possible values are

  • critical => Only show critical messages
  • error => Only show erroneous output
  • warn => Show warnings
  • info => Normal informational output
  • debug => Also show debug messages

The log-level will show everything in its class and above.

DMS_VMAIL_UID

Default: 5000

The User ID assigned to the static vmail user for /var/mail (Mail storage managed by Dovecot).

DMS_VMAIL_GID

Default: 5000

The Group ID assigned to the static vmail group for /var/mail (Mail storage managed by Dovecot).

ONE_DIR
  • 0 => state in default directories.
  • 1 => consolidate all states into a single directory (/var/mail-state) to allow persistence using docker volumes. See the related FAQ entry for more information.
ACCOUNT_PROVISIONER

Configures the provisioning source of user accounts (including aliases) for user queries and authentication by services managed by DMS (Postfix and Dovecot).

OAuth2 Support

Presently DMS supports OAuth2 only as an supplementary authentication method.

  • A third-party service must provide a valid token for the user which Dovecot validates with the authentication service provider. To enable this feature reference the OAuth2 configuration example guide.
  • User accounts must be provisioned to receive mail via one of the supported ACCOUNT_PROVISIONER providers.
  • User provisioning via OIDC is planned for the future, see this tracking issue.
  • empty => use FILE
  • LDAP => use LDAP authentication
  • OIDC => use OIDC authentication (not yet implemented)
  • FILE => use local files (this is used as the default)

A second container for the ldap service is necessary (e.g. bitnami/openldap).

PERMIT_DOCKER

Set different options for mynetworks option (can be overwrite in postfix-main.cf) WARNING: Adding the docker network's gateway to the list of trusted hosts, e.g. using the network or connected-networks option, can create an open relay, for instance if IPv6 is enabled on the host machine but not in Docker.

  • none => Explicitly force authentication
  • container => Container IP address only.
  • host => Add docker host (ipv4 only).
  • network => Add the docker default bridge network (172.16.0.0/12); WARNING: docker-compose might use others (e.g. 192.168.0.0/16) use PERMIT_DOCKER=connected-networks in this case.
  • connected-networks => Add all connected docker networks (ipv4 only).

Note: you probably want to set POSTFIX_INET_PROTOCOLS=ipv4 to make it work fine with Docker.

TZ

Set the timezone. If this variable is unset, the container runtime will try to detect the time using /etc/localtime, which you can alternatively mount into the container. The value of this variable must follow the pattern AREA/ZONE, i.e. of you want to use Germany's time zone, use Europe/Berlin. You can lookup all available timezones here.

ENABLE_AMAVIS

Amavis content filter (used for ClamAV & SpamAssassin)

  • 0 => Amavis is disabled
  • 1 => Amavis is enabled
AMAVIS_LOGLEVEL

This page provides information on Amavis' logging statistics.

  • -1/-2/-3 => Only show errors
  • 0 => Show warnings
  • 1/2 => Show default informational output
  • 3/4/5 => log debug information (very verbose)
ENABLE_DNSBL

This enables DNS block lists in Postscreen. If you want to know which lists we are using, have a look at the default main.cf for Postfix we provide and search for postscreen_dnsbl_sites.

A Warning On DNS Block Lists

Make sure your DNS queries are properly resolved, i.e. you will most likely not want to use a public DNS resolver as these queries do not return meaningful results. We try our best to only evaluate proper return codes - this is not a guarantee that all codes are handled fine though.

Note that emails will be rejected if they don't pass the block list checks!

  • 0 => DNS block lists are disabled
  • 1 => DNS block lists are enabled
ENABLE_MTA_STS

Enables MTA-STS support for outbound mail.

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled

See MTA-STS for further explanation.

ENABLE_OPENDKIM

Enables the OpenDKIM service.

  • 1 => Enabled
  • 0 => Disabled
ENABLE_OPENDMARC

Enables the OpenDMARC service.

  • 1 => Enabled
  • 0 => Disabled
ENABLE_POLICYD_SPF

Enabled policyd-spf in Postfix's configuration. You will likely want to set this to 0 in case you're using Rspamd (ENABLE_RSPAMD=1).

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
ENABLE_POP3
  • 0 => POP3 service disabled
  • 1 => Enables POP3 service
ENABLE_IMAP
  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
ENABLE_CLAMAV
  • 0 => ClamAV is disabled
  • 1 => ClamAV is enabled
ENABLE_FAIL2BAN
  • 0 => fail2ban service disabled
  • 1 => Enables fail2ban service

If you enable Fail2Ban, don't forget to add the following lines to your compose.yaml:

cap_add:
  - NET_ADMIN

Otherwise, nftables won't be able to ban IPs.

FAIL2BAN_BLOCKTYPE
  • drop => drop packet (send NO reply)
  • reject => reject packet (send ICMP unreachable) FAIL2BAN_BLOCKTYPE=drop
SMTP_ONLY
  • empty => all daemons start
  • 1 => only launch postfix smtp
SSL_TYPE

In the majority of cases, you want letsencrypt or manual.

self-signed can be used for testing SSL until you provide a valid certificate, note that third-parties cannot trust self-signed certificates, do not use this type in production. custom is a temporary workaround that is not officially supported.

  • empty => SSL disabled.
  • letsencrypt => Support for using certificates with Let's Encrypt provisioners. (Docs: Let's Encrypt Setup)
  • manual => Provide your own certificate via separate key and cert files. (Docs: Bring Your Own Certificates)
    • Requires: SSL_CERT_PATH and SSL_KEY_PATH ENV vars to be set to the location of the files within the container.
    • Optional: SSL_ALT_CERT_PATH and SSL_ALT_KEY_PATH allow providing a 2nd certificate as a fallback for dual (aka hybrid) certificate support. Useful for ECDSA with an RSA fallback. Presently only manual mode supports this feature.
  • custom => Provide your own certificate as a single file containing both the private key and full certificate chain. (Docs: None)
  • self-signed => Provide your own self-signed certificate files. Expects a self-signed CA cert for verification. Use only for local testing of your setup. (Docs: Self-Signed Certificates)

Please read the SSL page in the documentation for more information.

TLS_LEVEL
  • empty => modern
  • modern => Enables TLSv1.2 and modern ciphers only. (default)
  • intermediate => Enables TLSv1, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 and broad compatibility ciphers.
SPOOF_PROTECTION

Configures the handling of creating mails with forged sender addresses.

  • 0 => (not recommended) Mail address spoofing allowed. Any logged in user may create email messages with a forged sender address.
  • 1 => Mail spoofing denied. Each user may only send with his own or his alias addresses. Addresses with extension delimiters are not able to send messages.
ENABLE_SRS

Enables the Sender Rewriting Scheme. SRS is needed if DMS acts as forwarder. See postsrsd for further explanation.

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
NETWORK_INTERFACE

In case your network interface differs from eth0, e.g. when you are using HostNetworking in Kubernetes, you can set this to whatever interface you want. This interface will then be used.

  • empty => eth0
VIRUSMAILS_DELETE_DELAY

Set how many days a virusmail will stay on the server before being deleted

  • empty => 7 days
POSTFIX_DAGENT

Configure Postfix virtual_transport to deliver mail to a different LMTP client (default is a unix socket to dovecot).

Provide any valid URI. Examples:

  • empty => lmtp:unix:/var/run/dovecot/lmtp (default, configured in Postfix main.cf)
  • lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp (use socket)
  • lmtps:inet:<host>:<port> (secure lmtp with starttls)
  • lmtp:<kopano-host>:2003 (use kopano as mailstore)
POSTFIX_MAILBOX_SIZE_LIMIT

Set the mailbox size limit for all users. If set to zero, the size will be unlimited (default). Size is in bytes.

  • empty => 0 (no limit)
ENABLE_QUOTAS
  • 1 => Dovecot quota is enabled
  • 0 => Dovecot quota is disabled

See mailbox quota.

POSTFIX_MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT

Set the message size limit for all users. If set to zero, the size will be unlimited (not recommended!). Size is in bytes.

  • empty => 10240000 (~10 MB)
CLAMAV_MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT

Mails larger than this limit won't be scanned. ClamAV must be enabled (ENABLE_CLAMAV=1) for this.

  • empty => 25M (25 MB)
ENABLE_MANAGESIEVE
  • empty => Managesieve service disabled
  • 1 => Enables Managesieve on port 4190
POSTMASTER_ADDRESS
ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECK

Check for updates on container start and then once a day. If an update is available, a mail is send to POSTMASTER_ADDRESS.

  • 0 => Update check disabled
  • 1 => Update check enabled
UPDATE_CHECK_INTERVAL

Customize the update check interval. Number + Suffix. Suffix must be 's' for seconds, 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days.

  • 1d => Check for updates once a day
POSTSCREEN_ACTION
  • enforce => Allow other tests to complete. Reject attempts to deliver mail with a 550 SMTP reply, and log the helo/sender/recipient information. Repeat this test the next time the client connects.
  • drop => Drop the connection immediately with a 521 SMTP reply. Repeat this test the next time the client connects.
  • ignore => Ignore the failure of this test. Allow other tests to complete. Repeat this test the next time the client connects. This option is useful for testing and collecting statistics without blocking mail.
DOVECOT_MAILBOX_FORMAT
  • maildir => uses very common Maildir format, one file contains one message
  • sdbox => (experimental) uses Dovecot high-performance mailbox format, one file contains one message
  • mdbox ==> (experimental) uses Dovecot high-performance mailbox format, multiple messages per file and multiple files per box

This option has been added in November 2019. Using other format than Maildir is considered as experimental in docker-mailserver and should only be used for testing purpose. For more details, please refer to Dovecot Documentation.

POSTFIX_REJECT_UNKNOWN_CLIENT_HOSTNAME

If enabled, employs reject_unknown_client_hostname to sender restrictions in Postfix's configuration.

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
POSTFIX_INET_PROTOCOLS
  • all => Listen on all interfaces.
  • ipv4 => Listen only on IPv4 interfaces. Most likely you want this behind Docker.
  • ipv6 => Listen only on IPv6 interfaces.

Note: More details at http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#inet_protocols

DOVECOT_INET_PROTOCOLS
  • all => Listen on all interfaces
  • ipv4 => Listen only on IPv4 interfaces. Most likely you want this behind Docker.
  • ipv6 => Listen only on IPv6 interfaces.

Note: More information at https://dovecot.org/doc/dovecot-example.conf

MOVE_SPAM_TO_JUNK
  • 0 => Spam messages will be delivered in the mailbox.
  • 1 => Spam messages will be delivered in the Junk folder.

Routes mail identified as spam into the recipient(s) Junk folder (via a Dovecot Sieve script).

Info

Mail is received as spam when it has been marked with either header:

MARK_SPAM_AS_READ
  • 0 => disabled
  • 1 => Spam messages will be marked as read

Enable to treat received spam as "read" (avoids notification to MUA client of new mail).

Info

Mail is received as spam when it has been marked with either header:

Rspamd

ENABLE_RSPAMD

Enable or disable Rspamd.

  • 0 => disabled
  • 1 => enabled
ENABLE_RSPAMD_REDIS

Explicit control over running a Redis instance within the container. By default, this value will match what is set for ENABLE_RSPAMD.

The purpose of this setting is to opt-out of starting an internal Redis instance when enabling Rspamd, replacing it with your own external instance.

Configuring Rspamd for an external Redis instance

You will need to provide configuration at /etc/rspamd/local.d/redis.conf similar to:

servers = "redis.example.test:6379";
expand_keys = true;
  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
RSPAMD_CHECK_AUTHENTICATED

This settings controls whether checks should be performed on emails coming from authenticated users (i.e. most likely outgoing emails). The default value is 0 in order to align better with SpamAssassin. We recommend reading through the Rspamd documentation on scanning outbound emails though to decide for yourself whether you need and want this feature.

Not all checks and actions are disabled

DKIM signing of e-mails will still happen.

  • 0 => No checks will be performed for authenticated users
  • 1 => All default checks will be performed for authenticated users
RSPAMD_GREYLISTING

Controls whether the Rspamd Greylisting module is enabled. This module can further assist in avoiding spam emails by greylisting e-mails with a certain spam score.

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
RSPAMD_LEARN

When enabled,

  1. the "autolearning" feature is turned on;
  2. the Bayes classifier will be trained (with the help of Sieve scripts) when moving mails
    1. from anywhere to the Junk folder (learning this email as spam);
    2. from the Junk folder into the INBOX (learning this email as ham).

Attention

As of now, the spam learning database is global (i.e. available to all users). If one user deliberately trains it with malicious data, then it will ruin your detection rate.

This feature is suitably only for users who can tell ham from spam and users that can be trusted.

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
RSPAMD_HFILTER

Can be used to enable or disable the Hfilter group module. This is used by DMS to adjust the HFILTER_HOSTNAME_UNKNOWN symbol, increasing its default weight to act similar to Postfix's reject_unknown_client_hostname, without the need to outright reject a message.

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
RSPAMD_HFILTER_HOSTNAME_UNKNOWN_SCORE

Can be used to control the score when the HFILTER_HOSTNAME_UNKNOWN symbol applies. A higher score is more punishing. Setting it to 15 (the default score for rejecting an e-mail) is equivalent to rejecting the email when the check fails.

Default: 6 (which corresponds to the add_header action)

Reports

PFLOGSUMM_TRIGGER

Enables regular Postfix log summary ("pflogsumm") mail reports.

  • not set => No report
  • daily_cron => Daily report for the previous day
  • logrotate => Full report based on the mail log when it is rotated

This is a new option. The old REPORT options are still supported for backwards compatibility. If this is not set and reports are enabled with the old options, logrotate will be used.

PFLOGSUMM_RECIPIENT

Recipient address for Postfix log summary reports.

  • not set => Use POSTMASTER_ADDRESS
  • => Specify the recipient address(es)
PFLOGSUMM_SENDER

Sender address (FROM) for pflogsumm reports (if Postfix log summary reports are enabled).

  • not set => Use REPORT_SENDER
  • => Specify the sender address
LOGWATCH_INTERVAL

Interval for logwatch report.

  • none => No report is generated
  • daily => Send a daily report
  • weekly => Send a report every week
LOGWATCH_RECIPIENT

Recipient address for logwatch reports if they are enabled.

  • not set => Use REPORT_RECIPIENT or POSTMASTER_ADDRESS
  • => Specify the recipient address(es)
LOGWATCH_SENDER

Sender address (FROM) for logwatch reports if logwatch reports are enabled.

  • not set => Use REPORT_SENDER
  • => Specify the sender address
REPORT_RECIPIENT

Defines who receives reports (if they are enabled).

  • empty => Use POSTMASTER_ADDRESS
  • => Specify the recipient address
REPORT_SENDER

Defines who sends reports (if they are enabled).

  • empty => mailserver-report@<YOUR DOMAIN>
  • => Specify the sender address
LOGROTATE_INTERVAL

Changes the interval in which log files are rotated.

  • weekly => Rotate log files weekly
  • daily => Rotate log files daily
  • monthly => Rotate log files monthly

Note

LOGROTATE_INTERVAL only manages logrotate within the container for services we manage internally.

The entire log output for the container is still available via docker logs mailserver (or your respective container name). If you want to configure external log rotation for that container output as well, : Docker Logging Drivers.

By default, the logs are lost when the container is destroyed (eg: re-creating via docker compose down && docker compose up -d). To keep the logs, mount a volume (to /var/log/mail/).

Note

This variable can also determine the interval for Postfix's log summary reports, see PFLOGSUMM_TRIGGER.

SpamAssassin

ENABLE_SPAMASSASSIN
  • 0 => SpamAssassin is disabled
  • 1 => SpamAssassin is enabled
SpamAssassin analyzes incoming mail and assigns a spam score

Integration with Amavis involves processing mail based on the assigned spam score via SA_TAG, SA_TAG2 and SA_KILL.

These settings have equivalent ENV supported by DMS for easy adjustments, as documented below.

ENABLE_SPAMASSASSIN_KAM
  • 0 => KAM disabled
  • 1 => KAM enabled

KAM is a 3rd party SpamAssassin ruleset, provided by the McGrail Foundation. If SpamAssassin is enabled, KAM can be used in addition to the default ruleset.

SPAMASSASSIN_SPAM_TO_INBOX
  • 0 => (Amavis action: D_BOUNCE): Spam messages will be bounced (rejected) without any notification (dangerous).
  • 1 => (Amavis action: D_PASS): Spam messages will be delivered to the inbox.

Note

The Amavis action configured by this setting:

  • Influences the behavior of the SA_KILL setting.
  • Applies to the Amavis config parameters $final_spam_destiny and $final_bad_header_destiny.

This ENV setting is related to

SA_TAG
  • 2.0 => add 'spam info' headers at, or above this spam score

Mail is not yet considered spam at this spam score, but for purposes like diagnostics it can be useful to identify mail with a spam score at a lower bound than SA_TAG2.

X-Spam headers appended to mail

Send a simple mail to a local DMS account hello@example.com:

docker exec dms swaks --server 0.0.0.0 --to hello@example.com --body 'spam'

Inspecting the raw mail you will notice several X-Spam headers were added to the mail like this:

X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: 4.162
X-Spam-Level: ****
X-Spam-Status: No, score=4.162 tagged_above=2 required=4
        tests=[BODY_SINGLE_WORD=1, DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN=0.8,
        NO_DNS_FOR_FROM=0.379, NO_RECEIVED=-0.001, NO_RELAYS=-0.001,
        PYZOR_CHECK=1.985] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no

The X-Spam-Score is 4.162

High enough for SA_TAG to trigger adding these headers, but not high enough for SA_TAG2 (which would set X-Spam-Flag: YES instead).

SA_TAG2
  • 6.31 => add 'spam detected' headers at, or above this level

When a spam score is high enough, mark mail as spam (Appends the mail header: X-Spam-Flag: YES).

Interaction with other ENV

  • SA_SPAM_SUBJECT modifies the mail subject to better communicate spam mail to the user.
  • MOVE_SPAM_TO_JUNK=1: The mail is still delivered, but to the recipient(s) junk folder instead. This feature reduces the usefulness of SA_SPAM_SUBJECT.
SA_KILL
  • 10.0 => quarantine + triggers action to handle spam

Controls the spam score threshold for triggering an action on mail that has a high spam score.

Choosing an appropriate SA_KILL value

The value should be high enough to be represent confidence in mail as spam:

  • Too low: The action taken may prevent legitimate mail (ham) that was incorrectly detected as spam from being delivered successfully.
  • Too high: Allows more spam to bypass the SA_KILL trigger (how to treat mail with high confidence that it is actually spam).

Experiences from DMS users with these settings has been collected here, along with some direct configuration guides (under "Resources for references").

Trigger action

DMS will configure Amavis with either of these actions based on the DMS SPAMASSASSIN_SPAM_TO_INBOX ENV setting:

  • D_PASS (default):
    • Accept mail and deliver it to the recipient(s), despite the high spam score. A copy is still stored in quarantine.
    • This is a good default to start with until you are more confident in an SA_KILL threshold that won't accidentally discard / bounce legitimate mail users are expecting to arrive but is detected as spam.
  • D_BOUNCE:
    • Additionally sends a bounce notification (DSN).
    • The DSN is suppressed (no bounce sent) when the spam score exceeds the Amavis $sa_dsn_cutoff_level config setting (default: 10). With the DMS SA_KILL default also being 10, no DSN will ever be sent.
  • D_REJECT / D_DISCARD:
    • These two aren't configured by DMS, but are valid alternative action values if configuring Amavis directly.
Quarantined mail

When mail has a spam score that reaches the SA_KILL threshold:

  • It will be quarantined regardless of the SA_KILL action to perform.
  • With D_PASS the delivered mail also appends an X-Quarantine-ID mail header. The ID value of this header is part of the quarantined file name.

If emails are quarantined, they are compressed and stored at a location dependent on the ONE_DIR setting:

  • ONE_DIR=1 (default): /var/mail-state/lib-amavis/virusmails/
  • ONE_DIR=0: /var/lib/amavis/virusmails/

Tip

Easily list mail stored in quarantine with find and the quarantine path:

find /var/lib/amavis/virusmails -type f
SA_SPAM_SUBJECT

Adds a prefix to the subject header when mail is marked as spam (via SA_TAG2).

  • '***SPAM*** ' => A string value to use as a mail subject prefix.
  • undef => Opt-out of modifying the subject for mail marked as spam.
Including trailing white-space

Add trailing white-space by quote wrapping the value: SA_SPAM_SUBJECT='[SPAM] '

Including the associated spam score

The _SCORE_ tag will be substituted with the SpamAssassin score: SA_SPAM_SUBJECT=***SPAM(_SCORE_)***.

SA_SHORTCIRCUIT_BAYES_SPAM
  • 1 => will activate SpamAssassin short circuiting for bayes spam detection.

This will uncomment the respective line in /etc/spamassasin/local.cf

Warning

Activate this only if you are confident in your bayes database for identifying spam.

SA_SHORTCIRCUIT_BAYES_HAM
  • 1 => will activate SpamAssassin short circuiting for bayes ham detection

This will uncomment the respective line in /etc/spamassasin/local.cf

Warning

Activate this only if you are confident in your bayes database for identifying ham.

Fetchmail

ENABLE_FETCHMAIL
  • 0 => fetchmail disabled
  • 1 => fetchmail enabled
FETCHMAIL_POLL
  • 300 => fetchmail The number of seconds for the interval
FETCHMAIL_PARALLEL
  • 0 => fetchmail runs with a single config file /etc/fetchmailrc
  • 1 => /etc/fetchmailrc is split per poll entry. For every poll entry a separate fetchmail instance is started to allow having multiple imap idle connections per server (when poll entries reference the same IMAP server).

Note: The defaults of your fetchmailrc file need to be at the top of the file. Otherwise it won't be added correctly to all separate fetchmail instances.

Getmail

ENABLE_GETMAIL

Enable or disable getmail.

  • 0 => Disabled
  • 1 => Enabled
GETMAIL_POLL
  • 5 => getmail The number of minutes for the interval. Min: 1; Max: 30; Default: 5.

OAUTH2

ENABLE_OAUTH2
  • empty => OAUTH2 authentication is disabled
  • 1 => OAUTH2 authentication is enabled
OAUTH2_INTROSPECTION_URL
  • => Specify the user info endpoint URL of the oauth2 provider (eg: https://oauth2.example.com/userinfo/)

LDAP

LDAP_START_TLS
  • empty => no
  • yes => LDAP over TLS enabled for Postfix
LDAP_SERVER_HOST
  • empty => mail.example.com
  • => Specify the <dns-name> / <ip-address> where the LDAP server is reachable via a URI like: ldaps://mail.example.com.
  • Note: You must include the desired URI scheme (ldap://, ldaps://, ldapi://).
LDAP_SEARCH_BASE
  • empty => ou=people,dc=domain,dc=com
  • => e.g. LDAP_SEARCH_BASE=dc=mydomain,dc=local
LDAP_BIND_DN
  • empty => cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=com
  • => take a look at examples of SASL_LDAP_BIND_DN
LDAP_BIND_PW
  • empty => admin
  • => Specify the password to bind against ldap
LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_USER
  • e.g. (&(mail=%s)(mailEnabled=TRUE))
  • => Specify how ldap should be asked for users
LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_GROUP
  • e.g. (&(mailGroupMember=%s)(mailEnabled=TRUE))
  • => Specify how ldap should be asked for groups
LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_ALIAS
  • e.g. (&(mailAlias=%s)(mailEnabled=TRUE))
  • => Specify how ldap should be asked for aliases
LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_DOMAIN
  • e.g. (&(|(mail=*@%s)(mailalias=*@%s)(mailGroupMember=*@%s))(mailEnabled=TRUE))
  • => Specify how ldap should be asked for domains
LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_SENDERS
  • empty => use user/alias/group maps directly, equivalent to (|($LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_USER)($LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_ALIAS)($LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_GROUP))
  • => Override how ldap should be asked if a sender address is allowed for a user
DOVECOT_TLS
  • empty => no
  • yes => LDAP over TLS enabled for Dovecot

Dovecot

The following variables overwrite the default values for /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext.

DOVECOT_BASE
  • empty => same as LDAP_SEARCH_BASE
  • => Tell Dovecot to search only below this base entry. (e.g. ou=people,dc=domain,dc=com)
DOVECOT_DEFAULT_PASS_SCHEME
  • empty => SSHA
  • => Select one crypt scheme for password hashing from this list of password schemes.
DOVECOT_DN
  • empty => same as LDAP_BIND_DN
  • => Bind dn for LDAP connection. (e.g. cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=com)
DOVECOT_DNPASS
  • empty => same as LDAP_BIND_PW
  • => Password for LDAP dn specified in DOVECOT_DN.
DOVECOT_URIS
  • empty => same as LDAP_SERVER_HOST
  • => Specify a space separated list of LDAP URIs.
  • Note: You must include the desired URI scheme (ldap://, ldaps://, ldapi://).
DOVECOT_LDAP_VERSION
  • empty => 3
  • 2 => LDAP version 2 is used
  • 3 => LDAP version 3 is used
DOVECOT_AUTH_BIND
DOVECOT_USER_FILTER
  • e.g. (&(objectClass=PostfixBookMailAccount)(uniqueIdentifier=%n))
DOVECOT_USER_ATTRS
  • e.g. homeDirectory=home,qmailUID=uid,qmailGID=gid,mailMessageStore=mail
  • => Specify the directory to dovecot attribute mapping that fits your directory structure.
  • Note: This is necessary for directories that do not use the Postfix Book Schema.
  • Note: The left-hand value is the directory attribute, the right hand value is the dovecot variable.
  • More details on the Dovecot Wiki
DOVECOT_PASS_FILTER
  • e.g. (&(objectClass=PostfixBookMailAccount)(uniqueIdentifier=%n))
  • empty => same as DOVECOT_USER_FILTER
DOVECOT_PASS_ATTRS
  • e.g. uid=user,userPassword=password
  • => Specify the directory to dovecot variable mapping that fits your directory structure.
  • Note: This is necessary for directories that do not use the Postfix Book Schema.
  • Note: The left-hand value is the directory attribute, the right hand value is the dovecot variable.
  • More details on the Dovecot Wiki

Postgrey

ENABLE_POSTGREY
  • 0 => postgrey is disabled
  • 1 => postgrey is enabled
POSTGREY_DELAY
  • 300 => greylist for N seconds

Note: This postgrey setting needs ENABLE_POSTGREY=1

POSTGREY_MAX_AGE
  • 35 => delete entries older than N days since the last time that they have been seen

Note: This postgrey setting needs ENABLE_POSTGREY=1

POSTGREY_AUTO_WHITELIST_CLIENTS
  • 5 => whitelist host after N successful deliveries (N=0 to disable whitelisting)

Note: This postgrey setting needs ENABLE_POSTGREY=1

POSTGREY_TEXT
  • Delayed by Postgrey => response when a mail is greylisted

Note: This postgrey setting needs ENABLE_POSTGREY=1

SASL Auth

ENABLE_SASLAUTHD
  • 0 => saslauthd is disabled
  • 1 => saslauthd is enabled
SASLAUTHD_MECHANISMS
  • empty => pam
  • ldap => authenticate against ldap server
  • shadow => authenticate against local user db
  • mysql => authenticate against mysql db
  • rimap => authenticate against imap server
  • NOTE: can be a list of mechanisms like pam ldap shadow
SASLAUTHD_MECH_OPTIONS
  • empty => None
  • e.g. with SASLAUTHD_MECHANISMS rimap you need to specify the ip-address/servername of the imap server ==> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_SERVER
  • empty => same as LDAP_SERVER_HOST
  • Note: You must include the desired URI scheme (ldap://, ldaps://, ldapi://).
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_START_TLS
  • empty => no
  • yes => Enable ldap_start_tls option
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_TLS_CHECK_PEER
  • empty => no
  • yes => Enable ldap_tls_check_peer option
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_TLS_CACERT_DIR

Path to directory with CA (Certificate Authority) certificates.

  • empty => Nothing is added to the configuration
  • Any value => Fills the ldap_tls_cacert_dir option
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_TLS_CACERT_FILE

File containing CA (Certificate Authority) certificate(s).

  • empty => Nothing is added to the configuration
  • Any value => Fills the ldap_tls_cacert_file option
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_BIND_DN
  • empty => same as LDAP_BIND_DN
  • specify an object with privileges to search the directory tree
  • e.g. active directory: SASLAUTHD_LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=Administrator,cn=Users,dc=mydomain,dc=net
  • e.g. openldap: SASLAUTHD_LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=admin,dc=mydomain,dc=net
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_PASSWORD
  • empty => same as LDAP_BIND_PW
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_SEARCH_BASE
  • empty => same as LDAP_SEARCH_BASE
  • specify the search base
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_FILTER
  • empty => default filter (&(uniqueIdentifier=%u)(mailEnabled=TRUE))
  • e.g. for active directory: (&(sAMAccountName=%U)(objectClass=person))
  • e.g. for openldap: (&(uid=%U)(objectClass=person))
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_PASSWORD_ATTR

Specify what password attribute to use for password verification.

  • empty => Nothing is added to the configuration but the documentation says it is userPassword by default.
  • Any value => Fills the ldap_password_attr option
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_AUTH_METHOD
  • empty => bind will be used as a default value
  • fastbind => The fastbind method is used
  • custom => The custom method uses userPassword attribute to verify the password
SASLAUTHD_LDAP_MECH

Specify the authentication mechanism for SASL bind.

  • empty => Nothing is added to the configuration
  • Any value => Fills the ldap_mech option

SRS (Sender Rewriting Scheme)

SRS_SENDER_CLASSES

An email has an "envelope" sender (indicating the sending server) and a "header" sender (indicating who sent it). More strict SPF policies may require you to replace both instead of just the envelope sender.

More info.

  • envelope_sender => Rewrite only envelope sender address
  • header_sender => Rewrite only header sender (not recommended)
  • envelope_sender,header_sender => Rewrite both senders
SRS_EXCLUDE_DOMAINS
  • empty => Envelope sender will be rewritten for all domains
  • provide comma separated list of domains to exclude from rewriting
SRS_SECRET
  • empty => generated when the container is started for the first time
  • provide a secret to use in base64
  • you may specify multiple keys, comma separated. the first one is used for signing and the remaining will be used for verification. this is how you rotate and expire keys
  • if you have a cluster/swarm make sure the same keys are on all nodes
  • example command to generate a key: dd if=/dev/urandom bs=24 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64
SRS_DOMAINNAME
  • empty => Derived from OVERRIDE_HOSTNAME, $DOMAINNAME (internal), or the container's hostname
  • Set this if auto-detection fails, isn't what you want, or you wish to have a separate container handle DSNs

Default Relay Host

DEFAULT_RELAY_HOST
  • empty => don't set default relayhost setting in main.cf
  • default host and port to relay all mail through. Format: [example.com]:587 (don't forget the brackets if you need this to be compatible with $RELAY_USER and $RELAY_PASSWORD, explained below).

Multi-domain Relay Hosts

RELAY_HOST
  • empty => don't configure relay host
  • default host to relay mail through
RELAY_PORT
  • empty => 25
  • default port to relay mail through
RELAY_USER
  • empty => no default
  • default relay username (if no specific entry exists in postfix-sasl-password.cf)
RELAY_PASSWORD
  • empty => no default
  • password for default relay user