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Migration Tool

Configuration Upgrader

Migrate your Dovecot CE 2.3 configuration to 2.4 automatically. The online tool converts dovecot.conf and related config files — just paste your config and get the updated output.

Config Upgrader

Packages

Community Support Notice

These repositories provide packages as a benefit to the community. They are provided with no official support, warranty, or SLAs. See Community support options.

PGP Signing Key

Use this GPG public key to verify downloaded repository metadata and packages:

Download Key

Key ID 4EDC5219 Fingerprint EF08 8207 9FD4 ED32 BF8B 23B2 A1B0 9EF8 4EDC 5219

Distribution

End of Life (2.3)

Debian GNU/Linux Repository Guide

Trixie (13)

1. Setup GPG keyring (/usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg)

curl https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG-2.4 | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg

2. Configure sources config path file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dovecot.sources)

Types: deb
URIs: https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.4-latest/debian/trixie
Suites: trixie
Components: main
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg

Bookworm (12)

1. Setup GPG keyring (/usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg)

curl https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG-2.4 | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg

2. Configure sources config path file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dovecot.sources)

Types: deb
URIs: https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.4-latest/debian/bookworm
Suites: bookworm
Components: main
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg

Bullseye (11)

Last released version is 2.4.1

1. Setup GPG keyring (/usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg)

curl https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG-2.4 | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg

2. Configure sources config path file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dovecot.list)

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg] https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.4.1/debian/bullseye bullseye main

Installation & Package commands

Update repository database and install packages:

apt update
apt upgrade

Available packages in repository

Core

dovecot-coredovecot-lua

Protocol

dovecot-imapddovecot-pop3ddovecot-lmtpd

Authentication

dovecot-auth-luadovecot-ldapdovecot-gssapi

Database

dovecot-mysqldovecot-pgsqldovecot-sqlite

dovecot-solrdovecot-flatcurve

Sieve

dovecot-sievedovecot-managesieved

Development

dovecot-devdovecot-dbgdovecot-pigeonhole-dbgdovecot-sieve-dev

End of Life Packages

See: Dovecot CE 2.3 Packages.

Other Download Options

Source Code

Access Source Code & Build from Source

You can access the official Dovecot Core source repository directly on GitHub to view code history, clone, or contribute. For detailed compiling and building instructions from source tarballs, please refer to the official installation guide.

Source Tarballs GitHub Repository Installation Guide

Container Image

Official Docker Hub Images

Official pre-built Docker containers are available on Docker Hub, configured with secure defaults and optimized configurations for easy deployment.

Docker Hub Images

Testing

ImapTest benchmarking & verification tool

ImapTest is a testing tool for IMAP and POP3 servers. Although provided by the Dovecot development team, it is developed as a separate utility and is not packaged as part of the core Dovecot mail server itself. Source code and issue tracking are hosted publicly on GitHub.

ImapTest