[feat] disable email firewall on docker containers

- Related: #7471

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/leap/bitmask/services/mail/emailfirewall.py b/src/leap/bitmask/services/mail/emailfirewall.py
index 2cd2ec31..f7b5d7a2 100644
--- a/src/leap/bitmask/services/mail/emailfirewall.py
+++ b/src/leap/bitmask/services/mail/emailfirewall.py
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ def get_email_firewall():
     """
     Return the email firewall handler for the current platform.
     """
+    # disable email firewall on a docker container so we can access from an
+    # external MUA
+    if os.environ.get("LEAP_DOCKERIZED"):
+        return None
+
     if not (IS_LINUX):
         error_msg = "Email firewall not implemented for this platform."
         raise NotImplementedError(error_msg)