7 engineers on Hacker News describe using Dovecot first-hand: 0 endorse it, 1 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“email was done via postfix+dovecoat+postgresql, which was a hassle (to say at least)”
regret · production · clsdaniel · 2012-01-31 · source ↗ · wrong label?“20 years of running the classic postfix + dovecot stack for about 10 business domains.”
neutral · production · 20 yr · VladVladikoff · 2026-08-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I run a separate Exim n Dovecot with rspamd setup for a few vanity domains.”
neutral · production · gerdesj · 2025-02-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“we use this in production for email sync between multiple postfix servers and dovecot.”
neutral · production · bks · 2024-11-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“and Dovecot <https://dovecot.org> for reading.”
neutral · production · freds39 · 2023-12-22 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Key projects we utilize: OpenLDAP Postfix Dovecot”
neutral · production · gsreenivas · 2018-10-17 · source ↗ · wrong label?“After 15 years of running sendmail/postfix/uwimap/dovecot for a growing company”
neutral · production · 15 yr · jws · 2011-04-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?