5 Nov
2012
5 Nov
'12
5:04 a.m.
Hi Dave,
Dave Abrahams wrote:
My system never issues the "dovecot start" command. I do, however, run /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap on port 9xxx. I talk to the server through port 9xxx and through the preauth tunnel. Is this arrangement OK?
No, most probably not. You try to investigate why dovecot does not run: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork
Show your "doveconf -n" output and dovecot logfile content please.
Are there some things that will only work if "dovecot" is invoked?
The dovecot main process spawns all the services and sockets, you should invoke service binaries directly only for debugging purposes.