[dovecot] Re: Starting Dovecot?

[Ian Kumlien]

On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 13:23, Leslie Viljoen wrote:
> Then I tried imap-master, as specified in the INSTALL documentation, but
> there is no such file!
> Under src/master, "dovecot" gets built. I tried running this, and
> /var/log/messages says
> "dovecot starting", but this process seems to just end. If I run it twice
> very quickly, I get
> told that port 143 is busy - so it seems that it is starting up, but only
> staying up for a very short
> while. Messages gives no more clues as to why the server quits.

run dovecot and then do:
netstat -anp |grep dovecot
or
netstat -anp |grep 143

And you'll most likely find that dovecot is running and listening to
port 143, just as it should. Else check your logs for error messages.

PS. Sorry, remembered to change the email the first time but not the second.
DS.

-- 
Ian Kumlien <pomac at vapor.com>
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