On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:01:43 +0800 sunhux G <sunhux@gmail.com> wrote:
[root@]# init.d/dovecot start Starting Dovecot Imap: Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol Error: service(pop3-login): listen(::, 110) failed: Address family not supported by protocol Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol Error: service(pop3-login): listen(::, 995) failed: Address family not supported by protocol Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol Error: service(imap-login): listen(::, 143) failed: Address family not supported by protocol Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol Error: service(imap-login): listen(::, 993) failed: Address family not supported by protocol Fatal: Failed to start listeners [FAILED]
Sounds like you are trying to listen on IPv6 but IPv6 is not enabled on your box.
add this to the top of your dovecot.conf: listen = *