I've setup my debian box according to the "The Perfect Setup - Debian Sarge (3.1)" Guide. I've choiced to use courier as my imap and pop3 daemon. The POP3 works fine but imap doesn't seem to be working. So I did a netstat -tap and found that imaps and imap2 is running but it's by inetd? Is this courier? So I thought I ask the experts Code: netstat -tap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 13761/inetd tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 14038/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 16858/mysqld tcp 0 0 *:pop3 *:* LISTEN 18931/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 *:imap2 *:* LISTEN 13761/inetd tcp 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN 15345/apache2 tcp 0 0 *:81 *:* LISTEN 14118/ispconfig_htt tcp 0 0 localhost.locald:domain *:* LISTEN 15442/named tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 19761/proftpd: (acc tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 14683/sshd tcp 0 0 *:postgresql *:* LISTEN 10658/postmaster tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 17292/master tcp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:953 *:* LISTEN 15442/named tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN 15345/apache2 Any help/advice will be much appreciated !!!
Did you also install the courier-imap package? Run this: Code: apt-get install courier-imap courier-imap-ssl courier-pop courier-pop-ssl and try again.
Thanks for your quick reply falko! I did. Code: apt-get install courier-imap courier-imap-ssl courier-pop courier-pop-ssl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done courier-imap is already the newest version. courier-imap-ssl is already the newest version. courier-pop is already the newest version. courier-pop-ssl is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Now this is interesting! When I restarted the courier-imap there's an error. Netstat is still the same as above. Could there be another imap server interfering with Courier Imap? How can I check this? Code: /etc/init.d/courier-imap restart Stopping Courier IMAP server: imapd. Starting Courier IMAP server:bind: Address already in use ll_daemon_start: Resource temporarily unavailable Code: /etc/init.d/courier-imap-ssl restart Restarting Courier IMAP-SSL server: done. Code: /etc/init.d/courier-pop restart Stopping Courier POP3 server: pop3d. Starting Courier POP3 server: pop3d.
That's the IMAP server run by inetd which is listed in your netstat output. What's in /etc/inetd.conf?
Code: # /etc/inetd.conf: see inetd(8) for further informations. # # Internet server configuration database # # # Lines starting with "#:LABEL:" or "#<off>#" should not # be changed unless you know what you are doing! # # If you want to disable an entry so it isn't touched during # package updates just comment it out with a single '#' character. # # Packages should modify this file by using update-inetd(8) # # <service_name> <sock_type> <proto> <flags> <user> <server_path> <args> # #:INTERNAL: Internal services #echo stream tcp nowait root internal #echo dgram udp wait root internal #chargen stream tcp nowait root internal #chargen dgram udp wait root internal #discard stream tcp nowait root internal #discard dgram udp wait root internal #daytime stream tcp nowait root internal #daytime dgram udp wait root internal #time stream tcp nowait root internal #time dgram udp wait root internal #:STANDARD: These are standard services. #<off># ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/proftpd #:BSD: Shell, login, exec and talk are BSD protocols. #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. imap2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/imapd imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/imapd #<off># pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/ipop3d #<off># pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/ipop3d #:INFO: Info services #<off># ident stream tcp wait identd /usr/sbin/identd identd #:BOOT: Tftp service is provided primarily for booting. Most sites # run this only on machines acting as "boot servers." #:RPC: RPC based services #:HAM-RADIO: amateur-radio services #:OTHER: Other services
Change this: Code: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. imap2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/imapd imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/imapd #<off># pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/ipop3d #<off># pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/ipop3d to: Code: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. #<off># imap2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/imapd #<off># imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/imapd #<off># pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/ipop3d #<off># pop3s stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/ipop3d After that restart inet.d, then try starting courier.
Code: nano /etc/inetd.conf /etc/init.d/inetd reload Reloading internet superserver: inetd. Code: /etc/init.d/courier-imap restart Stopping Courier IMAP server: imapd. Starting Courier IMAP server: imapd. Many thanks! Courier imap is now running Just out of curiousity, what's the imapd that's started by inetd ?
