If you run Dovecot as a standalone daemon you do not need netkit-inetd and it will never fail without it. You can safely remove the package if you don't use it for anything else.
-- Dovecot complains about missing /etc/inetd.conf is missed during install https://launchpad.net/bugs/56057 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
