Found a workaround. I have this:

jail.conf

[dovecot]
port    = imap,imaps,sieve
logpath = %(syslog_mail)s
backend = %(dovecot_backend)s

jail.local

[dovecot]
enabled  = true


# fail2ban-client status 
Status
|- Number of jail:      4
`- Jail list:   dovecot, nginx-x00, postfix-auth, sshd


> On 13 Mar 2018, at 23:39, Sophie Loewenthal <sop...@klunky.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Changed it to this in jail.conf and restarted and dovecot jail is not active.
> 
> [dovecot]
> enable = true
> port    = imap,imaps,sieve
> logpath = %(syslog_mail)s
> backend = %(dovecot_backend)s
> 
> # fail2ban-client status 
> Status
> |- Number of jail:    3
> `- Jail list: nginx-x00, postfix-auth, sshd
> 
> 
> I don’t think I follow the enabled=  logic well :(
> 
> Sophie 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 13 Mar 2018, at 23:30, René Berber <rber...@cactus-soft.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On 3/13/2018 4:25 PM, Sophie Loewenthal wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Rene, Is this case for everything now?  I don’t have an 'enabled = true' 
>>> for sshd for example and the jail stared. 
>> 
>> Depends on the version, but you also probably have this on jail.conf :
>> 
>> # "enabled" enables the jails.
>> #  By default all jails are disabled, and it should stay this way.
>> #  Enable only relevant to your setup jails in your .local or jail.d/*.conf
>> #
>> # true:  jail will be enabled and log files will get monitored for changes
>> # false: jail is not enabled
>> enabled = false
>> 
>> That is the default configuration, but of course it could be changed in
>> jail.local, or individually on each jail.
>> -- 
>> René Berber
>> 
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