dovecot

[william_holt at speakeasy.net (Bill Holt)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Martin [mailto:invalid at pizzashack.org]
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 03:18 AM
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: Re: dovecot
> 
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 02:41:21AM +0000, Bill Holt wrote:
> > Hello, I remember someone here recommending dovecot, so I hope to
> > catch that person's eye. Everywhere I google I find how 'easy'
> > dovecot is to install. True, but how to get it to work?
> 
> I haven't used dovecot, but if it works like other IMAP daemons, I bet
> I can help you...
> 
> > Evidence says it starts up (/var/log/messages), however can't find
> > it (ps -aux | grep imap), 
> 
> How are you trying to start it?  Normally, imapd can be run in one of
> two ways: through inetd, or directly on the command line.  The pupose
> of the latter method is to avoid doing IMAP authentication and rely on
> the system's authentication to allow access.  Normally when run this
> way, it's run via ssh (or formerly rsh).  If you try to start it on
> the command line, it's probably sitting there waiting for you t type
> IMAP commands...
> 
> My guess is you need to configure xinetd to run dovecot's imapd when
> it receives an incoming connection on the IMAP ports (imap=143,
> imaps=993).  Then you need to make sure that xinetd is running.  Oh,
> and don't forget to make sure that all other services you're not using
> are disabled!
> 
> If you're not familiar with xinetd, I suggest you give the man page a
> good look.  Normally you configure xinetd to run services by adding a
> file to /etc/xinetd.d with the appropriate parameters.  Have a look in
> that directory for some examples.
> 
> HTH! =8^)
> 
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I shut off xinetd, I'm trying to start it via script in /etc/init.d I will be using it for local accounts. It says it starts but nothing....
if i start it manually (/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap) and I am in SSH, it is asking for imap commands.