Dovecot not listening when testing connection

[B. Reino]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, Alvaro Lacerda wrote:

>  ssl = yes
> ssl = required
> ssl_cert = /etc/exim/ssl/wildcard_cantella_com.crt.chained
> ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:SSLv3:!EXP:!aNULL
> ssl_key = /etc/exim/ssl/wildcard_cantella_com.key
> verbose_ssl = yes

I guess you didn't read https://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration

Change ssl_cert and ssl_key so it reads like:
ssl_cert = </etc/exim/ssl/wildcard_cantella_com.crt.chained
ssl_key = </etc/exim/ssl/wildcard_cantella_com.key

Notice the "<" before the path.

The rest (ssl, ssl_cipher_list) is OK (but check if in the end ssl is 
"yes" or "required" and pick one).

Good luck!
Bernardo.

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> On 04/20/2017 11:27 AM, B. Reino wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017, Alvaro Lacerda wrote:
>> 
>>> These are my dovecot logs. It looks like this error pops up every time I 
>>> run "telnet localhost 143"
>>> 
>>> Apr 20 11:11:39 imap-login: Fatal: Couldn't parse private ssl_key: 
>>> error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line: Expecting: ANY 
>>> PRIVATE KEY
>>> Apr 20 11:11:39 master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup 
>>> failed, throttling for 60 secs
>> 
>> OK. Can you post the output of
>> # doveconf -n|grep ssl
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Bernardo.
>> 
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