need help with getting Dovecot mail server to work
 

hi i've tried to get Dovecot mail server to work and the install went ok but when i run "/etc/init.d/dovecot start" i get this error:

and here's my (default) dovecot.conf file:
http://paste-it.net/7441

os: ubuntu server 7.1

is it possibly due to the auth default2 { defined immediately above (line 760)?

that was done from this guide in part 3c

If i'm reading that article correctly it would look like this:
what i meant by my previous statement is you are not closing the 'auth default2' stanza before you open your 'auth default' stanza.

by doing the above you are using the already existing closing } that is "buried" further down past the comments and default settings.

but that code you just posted is what i have.. or am i missing something? (ie what should it look like?)

What he means is try changing

to

Note the additional "}"

thanks for replying but that give the same error but for line 774 instead of line 762

http://paste-it.net/7447

Try commenting out lines 774-776

if that doesn't work, do you still have a copy of the default dovecot.conf? If so, my the version you've been working on to a saved version (say dovecot.conf.sav) and copy the default to dovecot.conf. It should work out of the box anyway (except you may want to change the protocols section to imap and pop)

that gives this error:

in the default config file (before your modifications) it has

auth default {

# some comments
#
some values {
stuff
}
#comments
#comments

#and eventually closes the 'auth default' stanza with
}

so when you put your copy/paste under and rename the above to auth default2 you are placing an auth in an auth which does not work.

what you want to do is take the code that you pasted into (under) the auth default2 and move it above the (now named) auth default2 line.


http://paste-it.net/7449

Did you try my other suggestion of the default config?

Where did the version you are using come from? It sounds like you have the wrong version for the dovecot version you are trying to run. Definitely try the original config that came with dovecot

that's works but i get a new error:

seems i need to set that link to the correct file?

How did you install dovecot?

seems i missed the second command from this guide:

http://www.mysql-apache-php.com/#mailserver

apt-get install dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d dovecot-common

all working now :)

Good to hear!