[Dovecot] Listener not binding to port

[Eliezer Croitoru]

you should configure imap\pop3 services as far as i remeber...

Regards,
Eliezer

On 04/04/2012 20:52, Mike Jones! wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Dovecot is not binding or listening on port 993 when I start it.
>
> $ sudo netstat -tlnp | grep -c 993
> 0
>
> Dovecot starts fine and runs without complaints.
>
> $ sudo service dovecot restart
> Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecot.
>
> $ sudo tail /var/log/mail.log
> Apr  4 13:42:39 mwjones dovecot: master: Warning: Killed with signal
> 15 (by pid=16238 uid=0 code=kill)
> Apr  4 13:42:39 mwjones dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.0.18 starting up
> (core dumps disabled)
>
> $ sudo ps -ef | grep -i [d]ovecot
> root     16243     1  0 13:42 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -c
> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> dovecot  16245 16243  0 13:42 ?        00:00:00 dovecot/anvil
> root     16246 16243  0 13:42 ?        00:00:00 dovecot/log
> root     16248 16243  0 13:42 ?        00:00:00 dovecot/config
>
> Still no listener :(
>
> $ sudo netstat -tlnp | grep -c 993
> 0
>
> Other infos for your scrutiny.
>
> $ sudo dovecot --version
> 2.0.18
>
> $ doveconf -n
> # 2.0.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.2.5-grsec x86_64 Debian wheezy/sid ext4
> auth_debug = yes
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> auth_verbose = yes
> first_valid_uid = 1000
> log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
> mail_debug = yes
> mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
> passdb {
>    args = /home/vmail/%d/etc/passwd
>    driver = passwd-file
> }
> service auth {
>    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>      group = postfix
>      mode = 0660
>      user = postfix
>    }
>    user = root
> }
> service imap-login {
>    service_count = 1
> }
> service ssl-params {
>    type = startup
> }
> ssl_cert =</etc/apache2/ssl/GandiStandardSSLCA.pem
> ssl_key =</etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.key
> userdb {
>    args = /home/vmail/%d/etc/passwd
>    driver = passwd-file
> }
> verbose_ssl = yes
>
>
> What am I missing and how do I fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> mwjones


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