[Dovecot] Error starting dovecot

[Christopher J. Buckley]

> Ok. thanks for that. I will try to contact Canonical about this issue.

The ubuntu forums are a good start; perhaps even the package maintainer 
might spot your post. Else, if its a bug, create a bug report in 
Canonical's Launchpad (NB: Bugzila/Launchpaid is NOT a replacement for 
the support process).

> I know can see that the person who installed the server didn't have a
> clue what he was doing...

They just choose the wrong operating system.  I would suggest that if 
this is a commercial server with mission critical apps, you contact a 
commercial Operating System Vendor who can advise you the right OS and 
packages to install/run. This, of course, will be backed by a full 
support process.

Good luck!

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