Hi all, In switching from Ubuntu to Debian Wheezy (7.5 64bit, network install), I'm finding some surprises in getting Dovecot to work. PROBLEM: As installed, the package manager doesn't give you the dovecot executable. WORKAROUND: To install the dovecot executable, you need to follow these instructions: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/DebianStable PROBLEM: Even when you install Dovecot, it doesn't work, as evidenced by the inability of a local email client to talk to it. Further elements of the symptom are that nmap -A -T4 LocalIPAddress, whether LocalIPAddress is the IP of eth0, or 127.0.0.1, fails to find any open ports. Telnet can't operate dovecot at port 143, and openssl can't operate it at 993. However, bizarrly, executing these same commands on a remote machine into the original machine (including accessing the machine's Dovecot from an email client) work perfectly. WORKAROUND To "solve" this problem, do the following raindance as root: ifdown lo ifup lo After the raindance, local access to Dovecot works perfectly, and all nmap commands perform as expected. LOL, hey man, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
Am 23.06.2014 19:56, schrieb Steve Litt:> Hi all, > > In switching from Ubuntu to Debian Wheezy (7.5 64bit, network install), > I'm finding some surprises in getting Dovecot to work. > > PROBLEM: > As installed, the package manager doesn't give you the dovecot > executable. > > WORKAROUND: > To install the dovecot executable, you need to follow these > instructions: > > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/DebianStable > > PROBLEM: > Even when you install Dovecot, it doesn't work, as evidenced by the > inability of a local email client to talk to it. Further elements of > the symptom are that nmap -A -T4 LocalIPAddress, whether LocalIPAddress > is the IP of eth0, or 127.0.0.1, fails to find any open ports. Telnet > can't operate dovecot at port 143, and openssl can't operate it at 993. > However, bizarrly, executing these same commands on a remote machine > into the original machine (including accessing the machine's Dovecot > from an email client) work perfectly. > > WORKAROUND > To "solve" this problem, do the following raindance as root: > > ifdown lo > ifup lo > > After the raindance, local access to Dovecot works perfectly, and all > nmap commands perform as expected. > > LOL, hey man, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance >contact distro mantainer looks like https://packages.debian.org/de/wheezy-backports/dovecot-core latest possible is vers 2.2.9 from wheezy which at last isnt up2date Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstra?e 15, 81669 M?nchen Sitz der Gesellschaft: M?nchen, Amtsgericht M?nchen: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
Am 23.06.2014 19:56, schrieb Steve Litt:> Hi all, > > In switching from Ubuntu to Debian Wheezy (7.5 64bit, network install), > I'm finding some surprises in getting Dovecot to work. > > PROBLEM: > As installed, the package manager doesn't give you the dovecot > executable. > > WORKAROUND: > To install the dovecot executable, you need to follow these > instructions: > > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/DebianStable > > PROBLEM: > Even when you install Dovecot, it doesn't work, as evidenced by the > inability of a local email client to talk to it. Further elements of > the symptom are that nmap -A -T4 LocalIPAddress, whether LocalIPAddress > is the IP of eth0, or 127.0.0.1, fails to find any open ports. Telnet > can't operate dovecot at port 143, and openssl can't operate it at 993. > However, bizarrly, executing these same commands on a remote machine > into the original machine (including accessing the machine's Dovecot > from an email client) work perfectly. > > WORKAROUND > To "solve" this problem, do the following raindance as root: > > ifdown lo > ifup lo > > After the raindance, local access to Dovecot works perfectly, and all > nmap commands perform as expected. > > LOL, hey man, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance >I've just checked with a fresh installation and it's working flawlessly on my server. Dovecot is started after installation and listening. -- Alex JOST