My system never issues the "dovecot start" command. I do, however, run /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap on port 9xxx. I talk to the server through port 9xxx and through the preauth tunnel. Is this arrangement OK? Are there some things that will only work if "dovecot" is invoked? Thanks, -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software Development Training http://www.boostpro.com Clang/LLVM/EDG Compilers C++ Boost
on Thu Nov 01 2012, Dave Abrahams <dave-AT-boostpro.com> wrote:> My system never issues the "dovecot start" command. I do, however, run > /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap on port 9xxx. I talk to the server > through port 9xxx and through the preauth tunnel. Is this arrangement > OK? Are there some things that will only work if "dovecot" is invoked?In particular, I'm curious because of messages like the one below that I got from "doveadm search": doveadm(dave): Error: net_connect_unix(/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/indexer) failed: No such file or directory Is the lack of this (or any other) socket attributable to not having started dovecot itself? -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software Development Training http://www.boostpro.com Clang/LLVM/EDG Compilers C++ Boost
Hi Dave, Dave Abrahams wrote:> My system never issues the "dovecot start" command. I do, however, run > /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap on port 9xxx. I talk to the server > through port 9xxx and through the preauth tunnel. Is this arrangement > OK?No, most probably not. You try to investigate why dovecot does not run: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork Show your "doveconf -n" output and dovecot logfile content please.> Are there some things that will only work if "dovecot" is invoked?The dovecot main process spawns all the services and sockets, you should invoke service binaries directly only for debugging purposes. Regards Daniel -- https://plus.google.com/103021802792276734820