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"Brief" summary/overview of changes. See the PR discussion or individual commits from the PR for more details.
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Only applies to the `docs/content/**` content (_and `setup` command_). `target/` and `test/` can be normalized at a later date.
* Normalize to `example.com`
- Domains normalized to `example.com`: `mywebserver.com`, `myserver.tld`, `domain.com`, `domain.tld`, `mydomain.net`, `my-domain.tld`, `my-domain.com`, `example.org`, `whoami.com`.
- Alternative domains normalized to `not-example.com`: `otherdomain.com`, `otherdomain.tld`, `domain2.tld`, `mybackupmx.com`, `whoareyou.org`.
- Email addresses normalized to `admin@example.com` (in `ssl.md`): `foo@bar.com`, `yourcurrentemail@gmail.com`, `email@email.com`, `admin@domain.tld`.
- Email addresses normalized to `external-account@gmail.com`: `bill@gates321boom.com`, `external@gmail.com`, `myemail@gmail.com`, `real-email-address@external-domain.com`.
- **`faq.md`:** A FAQ entry title with `sample.domain.com` changed to `subdomain.example.com`.
- **`mail-fetchmail.md`:** Config examples with FQDNs for `imap`/`pop3` used `example.com` domain for a third-party, changed to `gmail.com` as more familiar third-party/external MTA.
* Normalize config volume path
- Normalizing local config path references to `./docker-data/dms/config/`: `./config/`, `config/`, \``config`\`, `/etc/` (_volume mount src path prefix_).
- Normalize DMS volume paths to `docker-data/dms/mail-{data,state,log}`: `./mail`, `./mail-state` `./data/mail`, `./data/state`, `./data/logs`, `./data/maildata`, `./data/mailstate`, `./data/maillogs`, (_dropped/converted data volumes: `maildata`, `mailstate`_).
- Other docker images also adopt the `docker-data/{service name}/` prefix.
* `ssl.md` - Use `dms/custom-certs` where appropriate.
* Apply normalizations to README and example `docker-compose.yml`
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Common terms, sometimes interchangeably used or now invalid depending on context: `mail`, `mail container`, `mail server`, `mail-server`, `mailserver`,`docker-mailserver`, `Docker Mailserver`.
Rough transformations applied to most matches (_conditionally, depending on context_):
- 'Docker Mailserver' => '`docker-mailserver`'
- 'mail container' => '`docker-mailserver`' (_optionally retaining ' container'_)
- 'mail server' => 'mail-server' / '`docker-mailserver`'
- 'mail-server' => '`docker-mailserver`'
- 'mailserver' => 'mail-server' / '`docker-mailserver`'
Additionally I checked `docker run` (_plus `exec`, `logs`, etc, sub-commands_) and `docker-compose` commands. Often finding usage of `mail` instead of the expected `mailserver`
Additionally changes `mailserver` hostname in k8s to `mail` to align with other non-k8s examples.
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* drive-by revisions
Mostly minor revisions or improvements to docs that aren't related to normalization effort.
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title: 'Use Cases | Forward-Only Mail-Server with LDAP'
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---
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## Building a Forward-Only Mail-Server
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A **forward-only** mail-server does not have any local mailboxes. Instead, it has only aliases that forward emails to external email accounts (for example to a Gmail account). You can also send email from the localhost (the computer where `docker-mailserver` is installed), using as sender any of the alias addresses.
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The important settings for this setup (on `mailserver.env`) are these:
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```env
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PERMIT_DOCKER=host
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ENABLE_POP3=
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ENABLE_CLAMAV=0
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SMTP_ONLY=1
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ENABLE_SPAMASSASSIN=0
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ENABLE_FETCHMAIL=0
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```
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Since there are no local mailboxes, we use `SMTP_ONLY=1` to disable `dovecot`. We disable as well the other services that are related to local mailboxes (`POP3`, `ClamAV`, `SpamAssassin`, etc.)
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We can create aliases with `./setup.sh`, like this:
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```sh
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./setup.sh alias add <alias-address> <external-email-account>
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```
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## Authenticating with LDAP
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If you want to send emails from outside the mail-server you have to authenticate somehow (with a username and password). One way of doing it is described in [this discussion][github-issue-1247]. However if there are many user accounts, it is better to use authentication with LDAP. The settings for this on `mailserver.env` are:
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```env
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ENABLE_LDAP=1
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LDAP_START_TLS=yes
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LDAP_SERVER_HOST=ldap.example.org
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LDAP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=users,dc=example,dc=org
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LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mailserver,dc=example,dc=org
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LDAP_BIND_PW=pass1234
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ENABLE_SASLAUTHD=1
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SASLAUTHD_MECHANISMS=ldap
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SASLAUTHD_LDAP_SERVER=ldap.example.org
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SASLAUTHD_LDAP_START_TLS=yes
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SASLAUTHD_LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=mailserver,dc=example,dc=org
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SASLAUTHD_LDAP_PASSWORD=pass1234
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SASLAUTHD_LDAP_SEARCH_BASE=ou=users,dc=example,dc=org
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SASLAUTHD_LDAP_FILTER=(&(uid=%U)(objectClass=inetOrgPerson))
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```
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My LDAP data structure is very basic, containing only the username, password, and the external email address where to forward emails for this user. An entry looks like this:
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```properties
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add uid=username,ou=users,dc=example,dc=org
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uid: username
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objectClass: inetOrgPerson
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sn: username
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cn: username
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userPassword: {SSHA}abcdefghi123456789
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email: external-account@gmail.com
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```
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This structure is different from what is expected/assumed from the configuration scripts of `docker-mailserver`, so it doesn't work just by using the `LDAP_QUERY_FILTER_...` settings. Instead, I had to use a custom configuration ([via `user-patches.sh`][docs-userpatches]). I created the script `docker-data/dms/config/user-patches.sh`, with content like this:
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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rm -f /etc/postfix/{ldap-groups.cf,ldap-domains.cf}
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postconf \
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"virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhost" \
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"virtual_alias_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-aliases.cf texthash:/etc/postfix/virtual" \
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"smtpd_sender_login_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf"
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sed -i /etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf \
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-e '/query_filter/d' \
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-e '/result_attribute/d' \
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-e '/result_format/d'
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cat <<EOF >> /etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf
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query_filter = (uid=%u)
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result_attribute = uid
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result_format = %s@example.org
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EOF
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sed -i /etc/postfix/ldap-aliases.cf \
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-e '/domain/d' \
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-e '/query_filter/d' \
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-e '/result_attribute/d'
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cat <<EOF >> /etc/postfix/ldap-aliases.cf
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domain = example.org
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query_filter = (uid=%u)
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result_attribute = mail
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EOF
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postfix reload
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```
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You see that besides `query_filter`, I had to customize as well `result_attribute` and `result_format`.
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!!! note "See also"
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For more details about using LDAP see: [LDAP managed mail-server with Postfix and Dovecot for multiple domains](https://www.vennedey.net/resources/2-LDAP-managed-mail-server-with-Postfix-and-Dovecot-for-multiple-domains)
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!!! note
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Another solution that serves as a forward-only mail-server is [this](https://gitlab.com/docker-scripts/postfix).
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!!! tip
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One user reports only having success if `ENABLE_LDAP=0` was set.
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[docs-userpatches]: ./config/advanced/override-defaults/user-patches.md
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[github-issue-1247]: https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/issues/1247
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