Re: Has anyone ever managed to link their AD to Dovecot?

Hi Paul,

Yes, I can authenticate without any problem using Windows LDAP via a self-signed certificate.

However, the userdb isn't being found. Dovecot is trying to search for the user using the filter and the ldap_base I specified, whereas, according to the documentation, this shouldn't be necessary with a template-based bind_userdn.

I'm a bit confused about this behavior—I'm wondering if it's a bug.

I think I should perhaps contact Dovecot support about this to get their opinion.

Thank you for your comments and advice, and Happy New Year 2026!

Sincerely,