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 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
