From 5f299db3a9dfdf025e7afa1befdfe331e9d675e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonfelding <45149055+simonfelding@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 23:04:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 ```
 
 That's it. The `Dockerfile` and bash scripts handle all the downloading, building, and packing. You can also add tags, push to your favorite docker registry, or use `buildx` to build multi architecture images.
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+## Environment variables
+Environment variables can be set in the docker-compose.yaml file or in the command line using `-e $variable_name=true`.
+```
+docker run -d --name=protonmail-bridge -v protonmail:/root -e cache_enabled=true shenxn/protonmail-bridge
+```
+
+**variable**|**description**|**default**
+-- | -- | --
+cache_enabled|Controls if the mail cache is enabled in the prefs.json file.|false
+