[Dovecot] failed to start

[Charles Marcus]

Don Citarella wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> i saw you posted on dovecot.org and was hoping you could assist with a 
> problem i have with dovecot.
>  
> I installed the attached file to webmin and clicked it said it installed 
> correctly:
> Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Server in /usr/libexec/webmin/dovecot (372 kB) under 
> category Servers

???

It appears all you did was install the webmin module for Dovecot.

The application itself is a totally separate program, which you have to 
install yourself, usually with the package manager that your distro uses.

> I clicked the link and then clicked "Start Dovecot Server" from the 
> webmin panel and got this error:
> 
> 
>       Failed to start Dovecot :
> 
>  
> I assume this means a file is missing. My config file looks like this:
>  
>  
> dovecot=/usr/sbin/dovecot
> dovecot_config=/etc/dovecot.conf
> init_script=dovecot
> pid_file=/var/run/dovecot/master.pid
>  
>  
> There doesn't appear to be a dovecot directory in:
>  
> etc/rc.d/init.d/
>  
> Perhaps that's the issue?
>  
> I'm running Redhat Linux 4. Can you assist in any way? Any help is most 
> appreciated. Thanks,
>  
> Don


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Best regards,

Charles