docker compose -f /opt/mailcow-dockerized/docker-compose.yml logs -f --tail=50 dovecot-mailcow

Category: Mail Servers & Postfix

docker compose -f /opt/mailcow-dockerized/docker-compose.yml logs -f --tail=50 dovecot-mailcow

Follow Dovecot logs with a 50 line backlog

This tails Dovecot auth, IMAP, and Sieve log lines in real time. Combined with --tail=50 you see context before the newest entries. Watch for repeated LOGIN failures, which point at brute-force attempts or broken clients.
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