I'm facing a problem with dovecot/deliver and SSL in 2.0.4 which did not occur in earlier releases:

I get this error message:

postfix/local[18259]: 687CE86514: to=<rainer@homenet.local>, relay=local, delay=0.08, delays=0.02/0/0/0.06, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (Command died with status 89: "/usr/libexe c/dovecot/deliver". Command output: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: ssl enabled, but ssl_key not set )

My System is:

Linux mylfs 2.6.27.53 #1 Mon Aug 30 14:28:06 CEST 2010 i686 pentium3 i386 GNU/Linux

and dovecot -n reads like this:

# 2.0.3: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27.53 i686 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir passdb { args = dovecot driver = pam } passdb { args = /etc/mail/dovecot/dovecot-cram-md5.pwd driver = passwd-file } service auth { user = root } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = * } inet_listener imaps { address = * } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { address = 192.168.1.2 } inet_listener pop3s { address = 192.168.1.2 } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster@homenet.local sendmail_path = /usr/bin/mutt }

I reverted to 2.0.3 and the error does not occur anymore.

Rainer Ophoven