There are multiple options to enable SSL: * using [letsencrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) (recommended) * using self-signed certificates with the provided tool After installation, you can test your setup with [checktls.com](https://www.checktls.com/TestReceiver). ### Let's encrypt (recommended) To enable Let's Encrypt on your mail server, you have to: * get your certificate using [letsencrypt client](https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt) * add an environment variable `SSL_TYPE` with value `letsencrypt` (see `docker-compose.yml.dist`) * mount your whole `letsencrypt` folder to `/etc/letsencrypt` * the certs folder name located in `letsencrypt/live/` must be the `fqdn` of your container responding to the `hostname` command. The full qualified domain name (`fqdn`) inside the docker container is build combining the `hostname` and `domainname` values of the docker-compose file, e. g.: hostname: `mail`; domainname: `myserver.tld`; fqdn: `mail.myserver.tld` You don't have anything else to do. Enjoy. ### Self-signed certificates (testing only) You can easily generate a self-signed SSL certificate by using the following command: docker run -ti --rm -v "$(pwd)"/postfix/ssl:/ssl -h mail.my-domain.com -t tvial/docker-mailserver generate-ssl-certificate # Press enter # Enter a password when needed # Fill information like Country, Organisation name # Fill "my-domain.com" as FQDN for CA, and "mail.my-domain.com" for the certificate. # They HAVE to be different, otherwise you'll get a `TXT_DB error number 2` # Don't fill extras # Enter same password when needed # Sign the certificate? [y/n]:y # 1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n]y # will generate: # postfix/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-key.pem (used in postfix) # postfix/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-req.pem (only used to generate other files) # postfix/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-cert.pem (used in postfix) # postfix/ssl/mail.my-domain.com-combined.pem (used in courier) # postfix/ssl/demoCA/cacert.pem (certificate authority) Note that the certificate will be generate for the container `fqdn`, that is passed as `-h` argument. Check the following page for more information regarding [postfix and SSL/TLS configuration](http://www.mad-hacking.net/documentation/linux/applications/mail/using-ssl-tls-postfix-courier.xml). To use the certificate: * add an `DMS_SSL=self-signed` to your container environment variables * if a matching certificate (files listed above) is found in `postfix/ssl`, it will be automatically setup in postfix and courier-imap-ssl. You just have to place them in `postfix/ssl` folder. ### Testing certificate From your host: docker exec mail openssl s_client -connect 0.0.0.0:25 -starttls smtp -CApath /etc/ssl/certs/ or docker exec mail openssl s_client -connect 0.0.0.0:143 -starttls imap -CApath /etc/ssl/certs/ And you should see the certificate chain, the server certificate and: Verify return code: 0 (ok)