{"article":{"atomspec":["net-mail\/dovecot"],"authoremail":"eras@gentoo.org","authorname":"Eray Aslan","body":["net-mail\/dovecot-2.4.2 will be stabilized soon[1] and will be the first dovecot-2.4 release that will be stable in Gentoo.","Dovecot-2.3 configuration settings will not work with Dovecot-2.4 and manual intervention is required for the upgrade. Please read","https:\/\/doc.dovecot.org\/2.4.2\/installation\/upgrade\/overview.html","before upgrading your dovecot instance.","We strongly recommend finalizing your Dovecot 2.4 configuration on a test system before upgrading any production systems.","The following steps typically make the upgrade process easier:","1. Make a note of your current configuration by running doveconf -nP 2. Stop the dovecot daemon 3. Move ALL your configuration files to a temporary location 4. Upgrade to dovecot-2.4.2 5. Read the new configuration files and uncomment as necessary 6. Compare the new doveconf -n output with the old one and add missing configuration settings one by one while checking that the system works after each change","[1]: https:\/\/bugs.gentoo.org\/967978"],"newsid":"2026-01-08-dovecot-2_4-stabilization","posted":"2026-01-08","title":"net-mail\/dovecot-2.4.2 stabilization","urls":[]}}