[OpenIndiana-discuss] complaint about dovecot in sfe IPS not starting.

[DormitionSkete@hotmail.com]

I kind of have to second that this is a bit of a TALL order with Dovecot.  Dovecot can be configured SO many different ways, it's unbelievable.  If memory serves me correctly, when I installed it on Red Hat EL6.2 a year or so ago, I don't think it worked without being manually configured there, either.  I had to go in and edit the config files by hand before it would work.  And I think I even had to search through Dovecot's website for info about settings that it simply wouldn't run without.  Some of those settings were from changes made between Dovecot 1.2 and 2.1 that never quite made it into the files they distribute.  So, if it isn't even there, it's certainly not the distro's fault !

And when I installed Dovecot from source on OI a few months ago, they still hadn't made it in.

Just for what it's worth...

Oh, and if you read through some of Dovecot's own mailing list, there doesn't seem to be a real great shortage of people who don't consider 2.1 particularly stable.  That's something you might want to consider, too.  Apparently, Timo made some people a little less than happy with the new version of Dovecot.  

HTH


On Feb 25, 2013, at 7:07 AM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote:

> I generally agree with your attitude: for dovecot that is a TALL order, and my Windows experience so far is that similar mishaps occur in that universe, too.
> 
> Down the dovecot road there might be some sort of future setup tool, that asks the installing user what she intends to use dovecot for and produces some sort of boilerplate conf tree, and asks about what certs to use and whetever else seems obvious and asks the user to select one config type out of a few.
> 
> .
> 
> Today there isn't.
> 
> 
> On 2013-02-25 14:54, Dmitry Kozhinov wrote:
>> I am not accusing anyone, but just trying to understand:
>> Why not make a package so that it would run out-of-the-box?
>> 
>> When you buy a car, imagine that engine would not start unless you:
>> - Kick right rear tire;
>> - Open and close trunk lid;
>> - You name what else...
>> 
>> Maybe those who know what-to-do (to simply get a package running) feel themselves gurus, which is cool, but obviously making things go this way condemns the great OS into extinction.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list
>> OpenIndiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list
> OpenIndiana-discuss at openindiana.org
> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
>