[Dovecot] correct syntax for multiple ports
Kilburn Abrahams
kilburna at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 14:17:22 EET 2010
On 12/11/2010 11:10 PM, Daniel Luttermann wrote:
> Kilburn Abrahams wrote on 12/11/2010:
>
>> On 12/11/2010 10:17 PM, Daniel Luttermann wrote:
>>> Kilburn Abrahams wrote on 12/11/2010:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> What is the correct format to specify multple ports in dovecot 2.
>>>> With dovecot 1.2 listen = *:143 *:6188 worked fine. I cannot find
>>>> any mention in the wiki2 about the different combinations of
>>>> listen, address and port parameters and dovecot complains about the
>>>> combinations I tried.
>>>>
>>>> Does not seem to work
>>>> 1. inet_listener imap {
>>>> listen = *:143 *:6188
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> 2. inet_listener imap {
>>>> address = *:143 *:6188
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> 3. inet_listener imap {
>>>> port = 143, 6188 or port = 143 6188
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> This start dovecot, but roundcube will not connect on port 143,
>>>> although Thunderbird will connect on 1432 and 6188
>>>> listen = *, ::
>>>> 1. inet_listener imap {
>>>> port 143
>>>> port = 6188
>>>> }
>>>
>>> This should work:
>>>
>>> listen = *:143, *:6188
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Daniel
>>>
>> I tried that and get doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file
>> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 68: Unknown setting: listen.
>> Line 68 refers to listen = *:143, *:6188
>
> OK, it seems that it's needed to specify multiple ports this way:
>
> service imap-login {
> inet_listener imap {
> port = 143
> }
> inet_listener imap_second {
> port = 6188
> }
> }
>
> --
> Daniel
>
Ok, that works. Is this listed somewhere? What is the syntax if you want
to add more ports.
/K
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