I tried both solutions that were recommended: i. to compile with the --disable-ipv6 tag set. ii. to insert ssl_listen = *:993 into the dovecot.conf file.
Using --disable-ipv6 didn't seem to fix it, however the second suggestion DID WORK for me. Thanks very much.
A third suggestion was made to run dovecot in strace. I haven't done this yet, but may, once I am finished upgrading my email service.
Cheers Jeff
Scott Ellis wrote:
Jack Bailey wrote:
Building with IPv6 support .......... : yes
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Error: socket() failed: Protocol not supported Fatal: listen(993) failed: Protocol not supported
try with configure --disable-ipv6 and ssl enabled
Same thing's happening to me:
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# /usr/local/sbin/dovecot Error: socket() failed: Protocol not supported Fatal: listen(993) failed: Protocol not supported
I had the same issue, and adding:
ssl_listen = *:993
to dovecot.conf solved it for me. This wasn't necessary in 1.0b7, but appears to be necessary in 1.0b8 and above. I didn't do to much digging to see what the root cause was, but the above line solved the problem for me!
ScottE