there: RaspianStretch, Dovecot v 2.2.27, RPi3 here: Buster, Thunderbird, Supermicro box
Dovecot, from here to there, answers as expected, then immediately closes the connection. I'm trying to replace a low-end Dell server running Wheezy with an RPi3 (significant space savings in a very small server 'room' and fast enough for a T1). This is a new install. I can't find the dovecot logs on the 'Pi. I can't find anything relevant on the web. The Dovecot config is the one from the install -- I've also tried the big one in /usr/save. Dovecot worked fine on the Wheezy server (I don't remember if I modified the config from the default, but it's very different anyway). Telnet to port 143 answers, but closes the connection: root@sbox:~# telnet srv 143 Trying 216.17.134.203... Connected to bottomPi.slsware.net. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. (bottomPi is it's real name (there are two); srv is what it's called in hosts.) Ping works. FTP works. There's no HTTP server. I can SSH into it from the LAN or from a server in another domain. BIND works asking on the 'Net for an IP in NewYork. Telnet to 25 (Postfix) works. Sending to Postfix by manually entering SMTP commands and data works. Telnet to 110 gets the same reaction that 143 does. Thunderbird just says it can't contact my IMAP server. Help? -- Glenn English
