Am 19.04.2011 12:23, schrieb Uffe Jakobsen: > > Hello, > > I'm trying to run mailfront SMTP (http://untroubled.org/mailfront/) under > Dovecot 2.x process/service supervision > > My intention was to utilize the fact that dovecot2.x seems to have some kind > of generic process/service supervision as well as builtin ssl support. > But I cannot get the most simple generic service setup (without ssl) to > work. > > Currently running dovecot 2.0.11 on FreeBSD 8.1 > > > service smtp-auth { > executable = /usr/local/bin/smtpfront-qmail > inet_listener smtp-auth { > port = 587 > ssl = no > } > } > > I have added the above to dovecot.conf > > Once I start dovecot everything seems fine - no errors in the log > But at the first attempt to telnet to localhost port 587 - I instantly get > the indication of never ending forks in the dovecot log (see below) - > neither do I get the SMTP prompt that I expected in my telnet session - it > just hangs. > > Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43539]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: > 29 > Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43541]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: > 29 > Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43543]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: > 29 > Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43545]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: > 29 > > Question is if I've misconfigured something or if it is impossible to > utilize dovecot2.x this way ? > > PS: Now I know that I could use daemontools or such for this task - but I > like the dovecot ssl handling and would like to end up by wrapping this smtp > service inside same dovecot ssl that I use for IMAPS. > > Any feedback is more than welcome - I'm stuck > > Thanks in advance Uffe >
i ve got confused, dovecot is no smtp server what are you trying to goal ? -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria
