> 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

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