dovecot crashing multiple times daily

strat

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Trying figure out why dovecot is crashing 5+ times a day checking the logs all it shows is:
Code:
Dec 18 23:57:01 greek dovecot[10867]: Fatal: listen(0.0.0.0, 995) failed: Address already in use


trying to restart:

Code:
[root@greek ~]# service  dovecot restart
Shutting down dovecot:                                     [FAILED]
Starting dovecot: If you have trouble with authentication failures,
enable auth_debug setting. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork
This message goes away after the first successful login.
Fatal: listen(0.0.0.0, 995) failed: Address already in use
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@greek ~]#

Trying to stop:

Code:
[root@greek ~]# service  dovecot stop
Shutting down dovecot:                                     [FAILED]
[root@greek ~]#

Port 995 listening to:

Code:
[root@greek ~]# lsof -i :995
COMMAND    PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
rpc.statd 2509 root    7u  IPv4   6006       TCP *:pop3s (LISTEN)
[root@greek ~]#
 
Note that if you're not using DirectAdmin you're probably writing in the wrong place; this is a DirectAdmin support forum.

Why is your Dovecot installation configured to use port 995? It's not a standard pop3 or imap port.

What else is listening on port 995?

Jeff
 
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