On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 16:49 -0700, kashani wrote: > Michael Sullivan wrote: > >> dovecot doesn't seem to have a log. How do I turn on logging for > >> dovecot? > > I'd suspect it's either logging to /var/log/mail* or /var/log/messages > Have you checked both? > > > I forgot: > > > > camille log # netstat -ptln > > Active Internet connections (only servers) > > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* > > LISTEN 4311/dovecot > > And are you connecting via IMAP in your clients, the server addresses > are correct, you can telnet to your mail server on port 143, etc? > > kashani > >
I checked both /var/log/mail.log and /var/log/messages, yes And I am connecting via IMAP. My public IP address is 70.234.122.254 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ telnet 127.0.0.1 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. * OK Dovecot ready. ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ telnet 70.254.122.254 143 Trying 70.254.122.254... telnet: connect to address 70.254.122.254: Connection refused
