17 Dec
2025
17 Dec
'25
11:51 a.m.
On 17/12/2025 11:43 EET onyeibo via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Greetings
I updated the OS in a VPS blindly and broke the mail service. I had set up this service over four years ago and never had issues with upgrades until recently. I realized the gravity of my mistake after dovecot refused to start. Version 2.4.1 had arrived and I am in so much trouble.
This sounds like /run/dovecot does not exist, are you using systemd? If yes, are you overriding the entire unit file?
If you are not using systemd, ensure you create /run/dovecot with appropriate permissions, which i think should be 1777.
Aki