[CentOS] sieveshell fails to start on CentOS 6.0

[Harold Pritchett]

On 8/10/2011 2:00 PM, Simon Matter wrote:
>> I don't know if this is the right place to report this or not.
>>
>> I am building a new server on a 64 bit CentOS 6.0 platform.
>>
>> [root at newmick ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
>> CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
>> [root at newmick ~]# uname -a
>> Linux newmick.halshome.net 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP
>>    Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Mail subsystem consists of:
>>        sendmail
>>        spamassassin
>>        spamass-milter
>>        cyrus-imap
>>
>> All of these appear to be working.  Mail sent to the system
>> appears in the inbox of the user it is sent to.
>>
>> My problem:
>>
>> I am unable to get the cyrus sieve to work.  Attempting to run
>> sieveshell to load the filter fails as shown below.
>>
>> [harold at newmick ~]$ sieveshell localhost
>> connecting to localhost
>> unable to connect to server at /usr/bin/sieveshell line 170.
>> [harold at newmick ~]$
> Maybe sieveshell tries to connect to the wrong port? Did you try
> sieveshell localhost:sieve
>
[harold at newmick ~]$ sieveshell localhost:sieve
connecting to localhost:sieve
connect: Connection refused
unable to connect to server at /usr/bin/sieveshell line 170.
[harold at newmick ~]$ sieveshell localhost:2000
connecting to localhost:2000
unable to connect to server at /usr/bin/sieveshell line 170.
[harold at newmick ~]$