dovecot 1.1.11 vs 1.1.15

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Jun 1, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Mark Hattam wrote:
> iMac:~ mark$ dovecot -n
> # 1.1.15: /opt/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full  
> load (more than 640). Either grow the limit or change  
> login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings

you'll probably want to do something about this at some point, but it  
won't be causing dovecot not to run.

> iMac:~ mark$ dovecot
> Fatal: open() failed for /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login:  
> Permission denied

You need to start dovecot as root.

Try unloading the launchd plist for dovecot, and then running

`sudo dovecot -F`

and see if it spits anything out to your terminal or the log.
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