I always wanted to set up my own email service on my computer and decided to try it a few days ago. I followed the setup guides carefully but when I tested it I got an error:
telnet localhost 143
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
dovecots logs show:
2013-10-07T23:35:03.145473-04:00 linux-rkpo dovecot: auth: Fatal: No passdbs specified in configuration file. PLAIN mechanism needs one
2013-10-07T23:35:03.146181-04:00 linux-rkpo dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs
I also configured the fire wall in yast to allow dovecot to get through so what gives?
On the humorous side, since the connection was closed by a “foreign host” I guess that makes me a virus?
On 2013-10-08 21:16, ballsystemlord wrote:
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> I always wanted to set up my own email service on my computer and
> decided to try it a few days ago. I followed the setup guides carefully
> but when I tested it I got an error:
Did you install it from YaST? There is about nothing to configure, just
which path do you keep mail.
> dovecots logs show:
>
> Code:
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> 2013-10-07T23:35:03.145473-04:00 linux-rkpo dovecot: auth: Fatal: No passdbs specified in configuration file. PLAIN mechanism needs one
> 2013-10-07T23:35:03.146181-04:00 linux-rkpo dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs
>
> --------------------
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
and configure ssl. You have to create a certificate.
> On the humorous side, since the connection was closed by a “foreign
> host” I guess that makes me a virus?
Why would that be? That’s common network parlance.
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Carlos E. R.
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