Evolution Question

[Paul Howarth]

Jonathan Allen wrote:
>>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.