dovecot - Nov 2010 - Dovecot will not start, error in stat(/var/run/dovecot)

Error: stat(/var/run/dovecot) failed: Invalid argument
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot.conf


Can someone please help me resolve this issue?  I'm willing to pay if
required to get this back up!  I've been down since 11PM Saturday.

Thanks, Frank

Frank Collette wrote on 11/14/2010:
> Error: stat(/var/run/dovecot) failed: Invalid argument
> Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot.conf
> Can someone please help me resolve this issue?  I'm willing to pay if
> required to get this back up!  I've been down since 11PM Saturday.
could you please post the output of

 dovecot -n

Are any other errors logged in mail.err or mail.info?
Have you compiled Dovecot yourself or have you used a binary package?

--
Daniel

On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 10:31 -0600, Frank Collette IV
wrote:
> Error: stat(/var/run/dovecot) failed: Invalid argument
> Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot.conf
That's strange. It just shouldn't ever happen. Try reinstalling Dovecot
or something.