From 900b28178a2de08b16fe21ebd3d145f169f46e7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lub Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 14:22:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add warning about removing front --- docs/reverse.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reverse.rst b/docs/reverse.rst index 9a7a7dc0..de710dff 100644 --- a/docs/reverse.rst +++ b/docs/reverse.rst @@ -225,6 +225,6 @@ You can also download the example configuration files: Disable completely Mailu reverse proxy -------------------------------------- -You can simply disable Mailu reverse proxy by removing the ``front`` section from the ``docker-compose.yml`` and use your own means to reverse proxy requests to the proper containers. +You must not disable Mailu reverse proxy by removing the ``front`` section from the ``docker-compose.yml``. -Be careful with this method as resolving container addresses outside the Docker Compose structure is a tricky task: there is no guarantee that addresses will remain after a restart and you are almost certain that addresses will change after every upgrade (and whenever containers are recreated). +``front`` is handling authentication and is also proxying e.g. SMTP and IMAP. A basic HTTP reverse proxy as described in this document is not sufficient for this.