I ran into the same issue recently and the solution turned out to do an interation of
dovecot -n and installing required packages until the above command ran without complaints. In the end I had to install all of the following ii dovecot-common 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 Transitional package for dovecot ii dovecot-core 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 secure mail server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-imapd 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 secure IMAP server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-ldap 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 LDAP support for Dovecot ii dovecot-managesieved 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 secure ManageSieve server for Dovecot ii dovecot-mysql 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 MySQL support for Dovecot ii dovecot-pop3d 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 secure POP3 server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-sieve 1:2.0.19-0ubuntu2.2 sieve filters support for Dovecot -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dovecot in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/771557 Title: dovecot does not want to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/+bug/771557/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
