[Dovecot] Fresh Dovecot Install

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At this point in my linux knowledge I need to stick to the RPM's. I
did find a dovecot rpm, downloaded it, and installed it on another RH9
machine. I need to figure out how now to remove the files on the other
RH9 box that I started an install from source.

Thank you for the assistance.

George


> I suppose you are expecting that after doing a "make install", the
> application already runs, like you are used from rpm installs ?
> That will not be the case. I am not even sure if the dovecot install
> process places a start/stop script in /etc/init.d. Often you have to do
> many things on your own after a source install, like adapting or
> creating a start/stop script or copying and modifying a sample
> configuration file. That's what Mark pointed out : you should probably
> at least go through the provided configuration file and then you can try
> and start dovecot by hand and observer the relevant logfiles, depending
> on your dsitribution. If you find that all works well, you can use the
> start/stop mechanism to integrate dovecot startup into your system
> startup. Sorry, but when compiling source packages you have to "RTFM"
> and adapt the explanations to your configuration.
> 
> If you configured dovecot and started it and it fails to run, start it
> from the command line and watch out for fatal errors on STDOUT or in the
> logs. Most probably the ports are in use by another pop/imap program.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Jakob Curdes
> 
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