[Dovecot] Dovecot not accepting connections

[Jim]

On Mar 29, 2009, at 8:29 AM, Charles Marcus wrote:

> On 3/28/2009 10:07 PM, Jim wrote:
>> mail-web-server:~ wright$ telnet localhost 143
>> Trying ::1...
>> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
>> Trying fe80::1...
>> telnet: connect to address fe80::1: Connection refused
>> Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> Connected to localhost.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> * OK Dovecot ready.
>
> Firewall issue? Or maybe one of the 'secure' options like SELinux?

Just wrapping up this thread, it was a firewall issue after all,  
unbeknownst to me, the mail server box itself had a firewall running,  
separate from the main firewall box protecting my LAN.  For some  
reason at boot time the local firewall was blocking connections to  
dovecot, but after restarting dovecot, all was well. I've shut down  
the firewall on the local box, which should prevent this from  
happening again in the future.

Jim