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    From Xavier Humbert@xavier@groumpf.org to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Fri Jan 23 14:30:36 2026
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    Hi,

    Is there any plan to commit Dovecot 2.4.x in ports ? Preferably as a
    separate port for those who prefer not to upgrade from 2.3

    Regards,

    Xavier
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  • From Kurt Jaeger@pi@freebsd.org to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Fri Jan 23 14:58:08 2026
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    Hello,

    Is there any plan to commit Dovecot 2.4.x in ports ? Preferably as a
    separate port for those who prefer not to upgrade from 2.3

    I learned in a dovecot training @heinlein-support.de that
    - 2.4 is no improvement over 2.3
    - it has a different config syntax (messy!)
    - it has fewer features (!)

    So I'm not planing to use dovecot 2.4.
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  • From Kurt Jaeger@pi@freebsd.org to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Fri Jan 23 15:11:00 2026
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    Hi!

    I agree with you, but one day dovecot 2.3 will not receive security
    updates anymore..

    I'm not sure that 2.4 will ever receive updates, either.

    dovecot works on 3.x and licensing will somewhat change, so maybe
    someone will fork from 2.3.
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  • From Michael Grimm@trashcan@ellael.org to muc.lists.freebsd.ports on Sat Jan 24 17:14:52 2026
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    Xavier Humbert <xavier@groumpf.org> wrote:
    Is there any plan to commit Dovecot 2.4.x in ports ? Preferably as a separate port for those who prefer not to upgrade from 2.3
    Have a look at: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=286695Regards,
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