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I'm running Ubuntu server 11.10 and trying to set up an IMAP server with Courier-IMAP. I followed guide here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Courier which is basically nothing more than apt-get install courier-imap.
The problem comes when I try to test the server with telnet 127.0.0.1 143. Immediately get "Connection closed by foreign host." Complete output:
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
/var/log/mail.log contains:
dovecot: master: Fatal: execv(/usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login) failed: No such file or directory
dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): child 7466 returned error 84 (exec() failed)
dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling
The binary imap-login does not exist in that directory, nor does locate imap-login show any output so it's safe to say that I do not have it on my system. Is courier-imap a broken package? Or am I missing a dependency? Keep in mind, this is my first venture into the world of mail servers, so I'm not very knowledgeable on the topic yet. Thanks for any help!
EDIT: After a little more investigation, I can install the package dovecot-imapd which provides imap-login, but apt forces me to remove courier-imap to install it. Then, if I try to install courier-imap and installing dovecot-imapd apt forces me to remove dovecot-imapd which removes imap-login. Something isn't right with the dependencies and conflicts here.
shanet
Posted 2012-03-03T08:15:34.997
Reputation: 197
