got something
when i did a telnet localhost 143, i got this
Jun 28 23:16:46 post dovecot: auth: Fatal: LDAP: No base given Jun 28 23:16:46 post dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling Jun 28 23:17:21 post dovecot: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=2284, input bytes=0 Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity (no auth attempts): rip=::1, lip=::1, secured Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: auth: Fatal: LDAP: No base given Jun 28 23:17:46 post dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling