[Dovecot] "starting" dovecot

Daniel Parthey
Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:04:29 -0000

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
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