[Dovecot] Temporary Failures

[Simon Brereton]

On 22 October 2011 20:57, Jack Fredrikson <jackfredrikson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi;
> I keep getting errors like this one:
>
> Oct 22 16:51:08 example postfix/pipe[12021]: C2F705790169: to=<soandso at yup.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=2.1, delays=2/0.01/0/0.08, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:5: imap_client_workarounds=outlook-idle is no longer necessary doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:17: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:19: passdb pam {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=pam } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:21: userdb passwd {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=passwd } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:23: auth_user has
>  been replaced by service auth { user } doveconf:
>
>
> Why don't they get delivered? Also, I've tried to follow the advice in the warnings and it never works. I've tried the doveconf -n > dovcot-new.conf command and the same conf file I've been using pops up. Can someone post some code that reflects how the new conf file should look?


What version of dovecot are you currently using?  Can you post this file?

/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf


Simon