[Dovecot] Startup info message

Seth Mattinen sethm at rollernet.us
Thu Oct 30 17:30:06 EET 2008


Athan Dimoy wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm using the latest Dovecot 1.16 with Postfix for my FreeBSD box. Since 
> v1.1.4
> (if i remember correctly), the following message is displayed whenever
> starting Dovecot.
> 
> "Info: If you have trouble with authentication failures, enable auth_debug
> setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork"
> 
> Besides that, Dovecot works great but I wonder what this message is all 
> about. I've
> searched wiki and mailing list but didn't find anything related.
> 
> PS: I removed Dovecot removing all stalled files and directories and
> reinstalled it from scratch. Still the message is displayed whenever it
> starts.
> 
> Any idea?
> 


Ah, the irony. The message that was supposed to generate less questions 
actually causes questions itself.

If your Dovecot works, just ignore it.

~Seth


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