Hi, I'm attaching a patch that should fix the problem.
bye, Roland
diff -ruN dovecot-0.99.14.orig/debian/dovecot-common.init dovecot-0.99.14/debian/dovecot-common.init --- dovecot-0.99.14.orig/debian/dovecot-common.init 2005-07-10 19:52:20.380102000 +0200 +++ dovecot-0.99.14/debian/dovecot-common.init 2005-07-10 20:11:28.799516088 +0200 @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ # just the same as "restart". # echo -n "Restarting $DESC: $NAME" - start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $DAEMON + start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON sleep 1 - start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON + start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --exec $DAEMON echo "." ;; *)