Dockerized Postfix and Dovecot

Postfix with Dovecot, Spamassasin, SPF record check and mysql support with linked container

Usage

• Create a MySQL container and import postfix.sql file to create the database
• Insert an user into previously created database
• Run container with the following configuration:

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Docker command:

docker run --name=postfix-dovecot \
  --restart=always \
  -v <path_to_cert/cert.pem>:/etc/ssl/certs/fullchain.pem:ro \
  -v <path_to_key/key.pem>:/etc/ssl/private/privkey.pem:ro \
  -v <path_to_mails>:/home/vmail \
  -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
  --link mysql:mysql \
  -e HOSTNAME=example.com \
  -e CUSTOM_NETWORKS='172.18.0.0/16' \
  -e [email protected] \
  -e MYSQL_HOST=mysql \
  -e MYSQL_PORT=3306 \
  -e MYSQL_USER=<mysql_user> \
  -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=<mysql_password> \
  -e MYSQL_DATABASE=<mysql_database> \
  -p 25:25 \
  -p 587:587 \
  -p 993:993 \
  -d humpedli/docker-postfix-dovecot

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Docker compose:

version: '3'
services:
  postfix-dovecot:
    container_name: "postfix-dovecot"
    image: "humpedli/docker-postfix-dovecot"
    ports:
      - "25:25"
      - "587:587"
      - "993:993"
    volumes:
      - "<path_to_cert/cert.pem>:/etc/ssl/certs/fullchain.pem:ro"
      - "<path_to_key/key.pem>:/etc/ssl/private/privkey.pem:ro"
      - "<path_to_mails>:/home/vmail"
      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
    environment:
      - "HOSTNAME=example.com"
      - "CUSTOM_NETWORKS=172.18.0.0/16"
      - "[email protected]"
      - "MYSQL_HOST=mysql"
      - "MYSQL_PORT=3306"
      - "MYSQL_USER=<mysql_user>"
      - "MYSQL_PASSWORD=<mysql_password>"
      - "MYSQL_DATABASE=<mysql_database>"
    depends_on:
      - mysql
    restart: "always"