> On 17/12/2025 11:43 EET onyeibo via dovecot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings > > I updated the OS in a VPS blindly and broke the mail service. I had set up > this service over four years ago and never had issues with upgrades until > recently. I realized the gravity of my mistake after dovecot refused to > start. Version 2.4.1 had arrived and I am in so much trouble. >
This sounds like /run/dovecot does not exist, are you using systemd? If yes, are you overriding the entire unit file? If you are not using systemd, ensure you create /run/dovecot with appropriate permissions, which i think should be 1777. Aki _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
