On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 01:44 +1000, admin@downend.org wrote:
Update On the Following: Hey Everyone got some good news and some wierd things...
Firstly, netstat -ltnp | grep ':143' -- does not show an output telnet localhost 143 -- Cannot Connect
Secondly, I have no firewall installed.
Thirdly, If I type "mail" as the user in SSH I can read my mail and I can send mail from other servers... which is strange considering it cannot connect
Fourthly, /etc/init.d/dovecot start (Just start) -- Does not show an output. pidof dovecot -- Does not state a process for dovecot
Any ideas what I should do... or anyone knows the reason. I checked mail.err and comes up with the following: Aug 14 07:15:04 aries imap-login: Can't load private key file /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pe..................
and of course because of the above SquirrelMail cannot detect the Dovecot Imap Server.
I would appreciate some step to step guidience as it is getting important. I also appreciate the people who have helped me and thank you for not being cocky... or big headed...
Once dovecot is running I won't be touching it for a very long time :) Regards, Mark Smith
OK, first try looking at /var/log/maillog (assuming that is your dovecot logging file) and see if there are any errors, second make sure you have something along the lines of "protocols = imap" in your dovecot.conf file (it is usually near the top). If you are using IMAPS (SSL IMAP) it runs on a different port (can't remember what it is off the top of my head).
Regards Andrew
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