* On 27/04/07 18:23 -0500, Wade Smart wrote: | Ok. I made some changes: | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dovecot -n | Password: | # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf | log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S | protocols: imap | disable_plaintext_auth: no | login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login | login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login | mail_extra_groups: mail | mail_location: ~/Maildir | maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes | auth default: | passdb: | driver: passwd-file | args: /etc/dovecot/passwd.dovecot
Your file doesn't look right for me, especially with those colons being used! Please start from dovecot-example.conf and develop your config file from that one. | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ | | This is straight from the quickstart guide. When I started dovecot I | received: | $sudo dovecot | Fatal: listen(143) failed: Address already in use This means another daemon is already listening on that port! You are already running another imap daemon. Try this command to see what it is: netstat -anp | grep 143 | Do or can I then move to another port? Your level of experience does not call for this! ;) | | wade | | On 4/27/07, Wade Smart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > | >System: Ubuntu 7.04 | >Dovecot Version: 1.0.rc17 | >Dovecot -n Output: | >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dovecot -n | >Password: | ># /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf | >log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S | >protocols: imap | >login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login | >login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login | >mail_extra_groups: mail | >mail_location: /home/wadesmart/Maildir | >auth default: | > passdb: | > driver: pam | > userdb: | > driver: passwd | > | >This is my personal system and I use fetchmail and postfix to get and | >store my mail. All Im wanting to do is to access my email in maildir | >format. | >I am new to linux and definitely to this type of setup. Since this is my | >own | >system all these talk about security measures seem a bit overboard for my | >needs. | > | >I guess what Im really asking is for a more simple setup instruction set. | > | >wade | > -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ "We are upping our standards ... so up yours." -- Pat Paulsen for President, 1988.
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