Merge pull request #86 from LINUXexpert-org/docs/readme-quick-start

docs: put the Docker quick start back in the README
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- Still on 0.15? The last release that runs on it is tagged [`stalwart-0.15-support`](https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail/releases/tag/stalwart-0.15-support).
- Upgrading? [stalwart-migrator](https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/stalwart-migrator) does it in place, checkpointing every phase and validating afterwards. The live instance moved 0.15.5 → 0.16.19 with eight seconds of downtime and nothing lost.
## Quick start (Docker)
```bash
cp .env.example .env
# edit: STALWART_URL=https://mail.example.com and APP_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 48)
docker compose up --build -d
# → http://localhost:8080 (put Caddy/nginx in front for TLS; see Caddyfile.example / nginx.example.conf)
```
Users sign in with their Stalwart mailbox credentials. **An account with
two-factor authentication needs an app password**, created in Stalwart's own
settings — Stalwart accepts a TOTP code only through an OAuth flow and offers no
password grant, so no client holding a username and password can exchange them
plus a code for a token.
Full instructions, TLS, and every environment variable:
[Installing](https://docs.ihasmail.org/install/) ·
[Configuring](https://docs.ihasmail.org/configure/).
## Architecture
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- Snooze (nothing in JMAP or Stalwart supports it, and ihasmail never stores a password, so nothing could act on a mailbox while you are away)
- Translations (strings are English-only for now)
- **Two-factor sign-in.** Today an account with 2FA must use an app password (see [Installing](https://docs.ihasmail.org/install/#checking-it-came-up)), and Settings Security offers no way to switch 2FA *on* — only off, for an account that already has it. Supporting a TOTP code directly means implementing OAuth: Stalwart offers the authorization-code and device flows and no password grant, so ihasmail would hand sign-in to Stalwart's own login and come back with a token. That is a better security posture than the sealed password it holds now — a refresh token rather than a credential — but it replaces ihasmail's own sign-in page for those users and may need an OAuth client registered. Reported as [#75](https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail/issues/75)
- **Two-factor sign-in.** Today an account with 2FA must use an app password (see [Quick start](README.md#quick-start-docker)), and Settings Security offers no way to switch 2FA *on* — only off, for an account that already has it. Supporting a TOTP code directly means implementing OAuth: Stalwart offers the authorization-code and device flows and no password grant, so ihasmail would hand sign-in to Stalwart's own login and come back with a token. That is a better security posture than the sealed password it holds now — a refresh token rather than a credential — but it replaces ihasmail's own sign-in page for those users and may need an OAuth client registered. Reported as [#75](https://github.com/LINUXexpert-org/ihasmail/issues/75)