Wheezy Dovecot workarounds

[Robert Schetterer]

Am 23.06.2014 19:56, schrieb Steve Litt:
> Hi all,
> 
> In switching from Ubuntu to Debian Wheezy (7.5 64bit, network install),
> I'm finding some surprises in getting Dovecot to work. 
> 
> PROBLEM:
> As installed, the package manager doesn't give you the dovecot
> executable.
> 
> WORKAROUND:
> To install the dovecot executable, you need to follow these
> instructions:
> 
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/DebianStable
> 
> PROBLEM:
> Even when you install Dovecot, it doesn't work, as evidenced by the
> inability of a local email client to talk to it. Further elements of
> the symptom are that nmap -A -T4 LocalIPAddress, whether LocalIPAddress
> is the IP of eth0, or 127.0.0.1, fails to find any open ports. Telnet
> can't operate dovecot at port 143, and openssl can't operate it at 993.
> However, bizarrly, executing these same commands on a remote machine
> into the original machine (including accessing the machine's Dovecot
> from an email client) work perfectly.
> 
> WORKAROUND
> To "solve" this problem, do the following raindance as root:
> 
> ifdown lo
> ifup lo
> 
> After the raindance, local access to Dovecot works perfectly, and all
> nmap commands perform as expected.
> 
> LOL, hey man, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt                *  http://www.troubleshooters.com/
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> 

contact distro mantainer

looks like

https://packages.debian.org/de/wheezy-backports/dovecot-core

latest possible is vers 2.2.9 from wheezy

which at last isnt up2date



Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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