[Dovecot] New server error

[Bill Cole]

At 5:14 PM +0000 1/24/08, Anne Wilson  imposed structure on a stream 
of electrons, yielding:
>I'm setting up a replacement mail server on a CentOS 5.1 box.  The dovecot
>version is 1.0.rc15.  'dovecot -n' returns
>
># /etc/dovecot.conf
>login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
>login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
>login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
>login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
>mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
>mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
>mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
>mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
>mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
>mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
>auth default:
>   passdb:
>     driver: pam
>   userdb:
>     driver: passwd
>
>I can telnet localhost 143 and log in.
>
>I have given kmail the address of the server and an Inbox has been created,
>but no option to create sub-folders.  If I attempt to send a message kmail
>freezes.  Clearly something's wrong.
>
>I am using configuration files from the old server, modified only to the new
>server details.  I have alias and transport hashes.  What else should I be
>looking at?

Your MTA. Your references to alias and transport hashes makes me 
suspect that it is Postfix.

Dovecot has nothing to do with sending mail.


-- 
Bill Cole
bill at scconsult.com