[Dovecot] Dovecot not delivering mail.

[Charles Marcus]

On 2010-01-05 7:05 AM, Thomas Wolf wrote:
> Charles Marcus schrieb:
>> Question: if you use an alternate location for the config file, and
>> start dovecot with that config file properly, does plain 'dovecot -n'
>> output what is in the config file that is in use? Or the one in the
>> default location?

> It's the default location:
> 
> tw at mail2:~$ pgrep -lf dovecot
> 28900 /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.conf
> 28901 dovecot-auth
> tw at mail2:~$ dovecot -n
> # 1.1.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> Error: Can't open configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: No such
> file or directory
> Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> tw at mail2:~$

Ouch... that adds a big wrinkle to troubleshooting, especially if a file
*does* exist at the default location...

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Best regards,

Charles