[CentOS] sieveshell fails to start on CentOS 6.0

Wed Aug 10 18:00:38 UTC 2011
Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch>

> 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

Simon