Paul, > OK then, the output of command: chkconfig dovecot --list > should indicate if dovecot is set up to be running or not. dovecot 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > If the OP posts the output of: egrep '^[^#]' /etc/dovecot.conf login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login login = imap login = pop3 mbox_locks = fcntl auth = default auth_mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = passwd auth_passdb = pam auth_user = root > then we'll see how the server is configured ... Is that what you expected ? Jonathan
