I've tried your suggestion, but that doesn't seem to help. Dovecot is not started during boot and I see the same "failed: Cannot assign requested address" messages in mail.log
I've pasted part of the /etc/init/dovecot.conf # dovecot - pop3/imap mail server # # Dovecot is a mail server whose major goals are security and extreme reliabilit y. description "dovecot - pop3/imap mail server" #start on started rc-sysinit start on (started rc-sysinit and net-device-up IFACE=eth0) stop on runlevel [!2345] pre-start script test -x /usr/sbin/dovecot || { stop ; exit 0; } test -r /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf || { stop ; exit 0; } <snip> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dovecot in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700741 Title: dovecot won't start during boot -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs