[Dovecot] Error: socket() failed: Protocol not supported ERROR in dovecot-1.0.beta9

[Scott Ellis]

Jack Bailey wrote:
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>>> Building with IPv6 support .......... : yes
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>>> Error: socket() failed: Protocol not supported
>>> Fatal: listen(993) failed: Protocol not supported
>>>   
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>> try with configure --disable-ipv6 and ssl enabled
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> Same thing's happening to me:
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> # /usr/local/sbin/dovecot
> Error: socket() failed: Protocol not supported
> Fatal: listen(993) failed: Protocol not supported
> 

I had the same issue, and adding:

ssl_listen = *:993

to dovecot.conf solved it for me.  This wasn't necessary in 1.0b7, but 
appears to be necessary in 1.0b8 and above.  I didn't do to much digging 
to see what the root cause was, but the above line solved the problem 
for me!

	ScottE