dovecot

[Derek Martin]

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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