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Dovecot CE 2.3 Packages

End of Life — No Updates

Dovecot CE 2.3 is End of Life as of 12 May 2025. Dovecot CE 2.3 no longer receives security patches or bug fixes. We strongly recommend upgrading to Dovecot CE 2.4 as soon as possible.

Extended Support for Dovecot 2.3

Extended support for Dovecot 2.3 is available in Dovecot Pro.

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Packages

PGP Signing Key

Use this GPG public key to verify downloaded repository metadata and packages for Dovecot CE 2.3:

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Key ID ED409DA1 Fingerprint 2BE7 4AAB 3EE7 54DF B9C8 0D33 18A3 48AE ED40 9DA1
Distribution

Debian GNU/Linux Repository Guide

Bullseye (11) with Dovecot CE 2.3

Last released version is 2.3.21.1
1. Setup GPG keyring (/usr/share/keyrings/dovecot.gpg) 
curl https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG-2.3 | 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-2.3.21.1/debian/bullseye bullseye main

Buster (10)

Last released version is 2.3.21.1
1. Setup GPG keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg) 
curl https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG-2.3 | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg
2. Configure sources config path file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dovecot.list) 
deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg] https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.3.21.1/debian/buster buster main

Stretch (9)

Last released version is 2.3.17.1
1. Setup GPG keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg) 
curl https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG-2.3 | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg
2. Configure sources config path file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dovecot.list) 
deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg] https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.3.17.1/debian/stretch stretch main

Jessie (8)

Last released version is 2.3.8
1. Setup GPG keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg) 
curl https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG-2.3 | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg
2. Configure sources config path file (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dovecot.list) 
deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/dovecot.gpg] https://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.3.8/debian/jessie jessie 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
Search
dovecot-solrdovecot-flatcurve
Sieve
dovecot-sievedovecot-managesieved
Development
dovecot-devdovecot-dbgdovecot-pigeonhole-dbgdovecot-sieve-dev