Wheezy Dovecot workarounds

[Jiri Bourek]

On 23.6.2014 20:29, Robert Schetterer wrote:
> 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
>

Considering the link http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/DebianStable I'd say 
he's not trying to install Dovecot from Debian repository. (Which works 
correctly btw.)

The wiki page directs you to use some repostitory www.backports.org, 
maybe it would be worth mentioning wheezy-backports too.