disable pop3 ports?

[Sven Strickroth]

Hi,

I experienced the same issue in the past.

For me it was a systemd issue. In systemd 
(</lib/systemd/system/dovecot.socket>) all ports were listed so that 
systemd listens on these.

I solved it by placing the following content in 
</etc/systemd/system/dovecot.socket>:
--- snip ---
[Unit]
Description=Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server activation socket

[Socket]
#dovecot expects separate IPv4 and IPv6 sockets
BindIPv6Only=ipv6-only
ListenStream=0.0.0.0:993
ListenStream=[::]:993
KeepAlive=true

[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target
--- snip ---

best,
  Sven


Am 04.05.2021 um 12:14 schrieb Aki Tuomi:
> 
>> On 04/05/2021 12:40 Dan Egli <dan at newideatest.site> wrote:
>>
>>   
>> On 5/4/2021 3:18 AM, Christian Kivalo wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2021-05-04 10:29, Dan Egli wrote:
>>>> For gentoo, there is only one package. And here's your output:
>>>>
>>>> # 2.3.13 (89f716dc2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>>> # Pigeonhole version 0.5.13 (cdd19fe3)
>>>> # OS: Linux 5.11.16-gentoo-x86_64 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release
>>>> 2.7 xfs
>>>> # Hostname: jupiter.newideatest.site
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and yet if I do doveconf protocols:
>>>> # doveconf protocols
>>>> protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
>>> In dovecot.conf i have a line that enables the protocols.
>>>
>>> # Enable installed protocols
>>> !include_try /usr/share/dovecot/protocols.d/*.protocol
>>>
>>> This is on debian where every protocol is a separate package to install.
>>> This could also just be:
>>> protocols = imap lmtp pop3
>>>
>>> Remove pop3 from there and you should be good. You can even have the
>>> config in place.
>>>
>>> The other option to disable the pop3 listeners is to set the port = 0
>>>
>>>  From 10-master.conf (when using split config files)
>>> service pop3-login {
>>>   inet_listener pop3 {
>>>     port = 0
>>>   }
>>>   inet_listener pop3s {
>>>     port = 0
>>>     ssl = yes
>>>   }
>>> }
>>>
>>> This disables pop3 listeners even when the pop3 protocol is enabled.
>>>
>> I would have thought that commenting them out would do that too. But I
>> can uncomment them and add a port = 0, see if that helps.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Dan Egli
>>   From my Test Server
> 
> Hi!
> 
> To correctly enable/disable protocols, ensure they are (not) listed on
> protocols.
> 
> doveconf protocols
> 
> tells you this.
> 
> Usually on debian based systems the easiest way is to uninstall `dovecot-pop3d` package.
> 
> Aki
> 


-- 
Best regards,
  Sven Strickroth
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