July 2005 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] newbie - trying to set up pop3 access for multiple domains
by Andy Green - Green Consulting 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

I'm hosting multiple domains, and I'm having problems getting dovecot to play nicely. The only protocol I've got enabled in the conf file is pop3, yet the maillog shows the following entries when I try to authenticate: mbox: Can't create root IMAP folder /mail: Permission denied Failed to create storage with data: mbox:/var/mail/vhosts/<domain name here>/<user name here> returned error 89 Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: [Dovecot] error while connecting from squirrelmail
by Srinivas 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

>Only two things I can think of: >1. Dovecot was not configured for imap with ssl (check that >ssl_disable is not set to yes). Also check the protocols statement >that it supports imaps. > >2. Check that you do not have access lists blocking off 993 to your >squirrelmail. This is often encountered if using tcp wrappers and >you're running dovecot through (x)inetd. > >Regards, Neil The ssl_disable is set to no and the protocols statement contains all the four protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s. But i couldn't make out the 2nd point, you suggested.Can you, please, describe it a little more ? Srinivas _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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[Dovecot] error while connecting from squirrelmail
by Srinivas 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi all, I am new to dovecot and squirrelmail and I am trying to configure squirrelmail with dovecot as its imap server. When i disable "Secure Imap (TLS)" option (2-A-7) from squirrelmail configure menu, it's working fine. But when i try to enable tls support, squirrelmail is giving the following error: Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to 192.xx.xx.xx:993 in /usr/share/squirrelmail/functions/imap_general.php on line 445 ERROR Error connecting to IMAP server: tls://192.xx.xx.xx. 111 : Connection refused Go to the login page The port numbers of the imap server are as follows: imap_listen 143 pop3_listen 110 imaps_listen 993 pop3s_listen 995 Squirrelmail and the dovecot imap server are running on different machines, so it is essential to enable tls support. All the machines are running Debian Sarge. Can anyone suggest a solution for the above problem ? Thank you. Srinivas _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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