[Dovecot] Error starting dovecot

[Diego Ledesma]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Christopher J. Buckley
<chris at cjbuckley.net> wrote:
> Diego,
>
>> Ok. I did apt-get install dovecot and it says that i have the most
>> recient version of Dovecot??
>> I know that recient versions of my linux system come with recient
>> versions of postfix and Dovecot.
>> Would i break something if i try to install those versions on my linux
>> version?
>>
>> I will try the backports approach...
>
> My personal opinion on this is that you should contact your OS vendor (in
> your case, Canonical) for assistance.  They have packaged a specific Dovecot
> version, and will backport upstream fixes as appropriate.  The contributors
> here are unable to help you; we would have to look at the ubuntu changelogs
> to see what upstream fixes have been backported to that your Feisty dovecot
> package.
>
> That said, my second personal opinion is that you are running an *entirely*
> inappropriate OS for server tasks. If you wish to use Ubuntu, you should be
> using 6.06-server LTS or 8.04-server LTS.  Using a 7.04, which is an interim
> release, and barely "supported" (I use the word loosely) for more than 12
> months is going to get you into exactly these problems.
>
> If you want to run a server OS, use one that gives you more than 5 years
> support (and backported upstream fixes).
>
> --
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>

Ok. thanks for that. I will try to contact Canonical about this issue.
I know can see that the person who installed the server didn't have a
clue what he was doing...

Thanks...