Dovecot dont start.

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I have some problems with my direct admin panel.

We have done a new installation of DA but there are some problems.

If i look in the service monitor i see dovecot isnt starting,
If i want to start the dovecot service he tell me:

Shutting down dovecot: [FAILED]
Starting dovecot: Fatal: listen(143) failed: Address already in use
[FAILED]
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I have searched on the forum how this could be, And finded this topic:

http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18444&highlight=Fatal%3A+listen%28143%29+failed%3A+Address

But this topic dont solve my problem.

Then if i go look further and try to start dovecot treu the DA panel he will tell me this:

An error has occurred



Details

/sbin/service dovecot start 2>&1
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What is wrong?
Because mail isn't working right now,
squarelmail tell me the next thing:

ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.
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Could anybody help me with this problem.?

Server controlsystem:

Fedora core 6

Thanks in advance,

Snelict.nl
 
Please post an output of:
Code: 
netstat -lnp | grep :143
 
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The following output i get,

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 3827/couriertcpd
tcp 0 0 84.244.131.137:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 21430/named
tcp 0 0 84.244.131.136:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 21430/named
tcp 0 0 84.244.131.135:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 21430/named
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 21430/named
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 21430/named
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:33174 0.0.0.0:* 21430/named
udp 0 0 84.244.131.137:53 0.0.0.0:* 21430/named
udp 0 0 84.244.131.136:53 0.0.0.0:* 21430/named
udp 0 0 84.244.131.135:53 0.0.0.0:* 21430/named
udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* 21430/named
udp 0 0 :::33175 :::* 21430/named
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So, couriertcpd is taking 143 port :) Just stop it and start dovecot.
 
Now another problem.

If i try te send a e-mail to my account:

dutchman88ATxdc-clan.com
I will get a message back with the error code 550 unknown user.
The user exsist in the domain and mail.

I can send e-mails to my other account, My ISP e-mail.
But not back.

Snelict.nl
 
Make sure your exim.conf version is properly checking for users in /etc/virtual/* and make sure the users are there.

Jeff
 
Freebsd

smtalk said:
Please post an output of:
Code: 
netstat -lnp | grep :143
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What is the Free BSD command for this netstat command

I am new with Free BSD and need to know what service is using port 143
. The dovecot service is not starting

tnx
 
Dovecot Imap: Fatal: listen:):, 143) failed: Address already in use

Hi All,
I am using the dovecot-1.2.9-2.ep.x86_64 version in my cent OS.

When i try to start the dovecot i got the following error.

# service dovecot start
Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: listen:):, 143) failed: Address already in use [FAILED]

Here is the output of netstat -tanp | grep 143
ie, blank

# netstat -tanp | grep 143
#

Also i checked
# service sendmail status
sendmail: unrecognized service
# service exim status
exim: unrecognized service


can you please help me fix this issue.

Thanks,
senthil,
 
DirectAdmin shouldn't have sendmail installed and running but it should have exim installed and running. Reboot your server to see if it solves anything. If not, then try starting exim to see if it starts. Figure out which program is listening on port143 (google these forums).

Please don't double-post; I've deleted your new thread.

Jeff
 
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