[CentOS] sieveshell fails to start on CentOS 6.0

Simon Matter simon.matter at invoca.ch
Wed Aug 10 18:28:09 UTC 2011


> 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 ~]$

And on which port does it listen for sieve? Note that port 2000 is not the
managesieve port anymore.

Simon




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