Firewall disabled; yet "connection refused"

[Bill Davidsen]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> Ed Greshko wrote:
>> Edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and comment the lines like so....
>>
>>     #address = localhost # allow plain imap only on localhost
>>
>> Do that for all the protocols you want to enable on an external interface...
>
> A better idea would be to put that line into a
> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/local.conf file and leave 10-master.conf alone. The
> local.conf file, since it sorts after 10-master, will over-ride the
> settings in 10-master.conf.
>
> This will leave the RPM-packaged 10-master.conf file alone, so you can
> upgrade Dovecot without having to merge your modifications into the
> .rpmnew file.
>
> Hope this helps,

It's definitely the better way to go from a maintenance standpoint, thank you.
(yes, I hacked the master, too).


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