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
Right, so dovecot should be running after boot-up.
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 ?
Looks OK.
In the absence of a "protocols" line, it should be serving imap on port 143 and imaps on port 993. You'd need to create an SSL certificate for dovecot in order for imaps to work though.
Paul.
