Can't read Dovecot inbox!

[Arthur Dent]

Hello,

I have just run yum update on my F17 server and it updated amongst other
things selinux and dovecot (and a new kernel).

I have rebooted, yet I cannot now ssh into it from outside my network, I
can't get mail from outside my network (accessing the dovecot IMAP
server running on the box) and from within my network I can access using
(for example) my Evolution client, all the folders which are held under
~/mail (and into which procmail filters stuff), but I CANNOT access the
INBOX (/var/spool/mail/mark).

In Evolution, I can see the mail that was there, but if I click on any
of the emails it refuses to display the email.

There were some of these in /var/log/dovecot:
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Sep 30 14:25:37 imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending greeting: user=<>, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, TLS, session=<PbZ2OevKiADAqAIE>
Sep 30 14:25:57 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=1405, input bytes=0
Sep 30 14:25:57 imap-login: Info: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before greeting, waited 30 secs): user=<>, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, TLS, session=<BIJ2OevKhwDAqAIE>
Sep 30 14:25:57 imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=1406, input bytes=0
Sep 30 14:25:57 imap-login: Info: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before greeting, waited 30 secs): user=<>, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, TLS, session=<PbZ2OevKiADAqAIE>
========================================8<=============================

But the most recent attempt to login with Evolution simply produced
this:
========================================8<=============================
Sep 30 14:57:34 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<helena>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, mpid=2264, TLS, session=<C2XAq+vKlgDAqAIE>
Sep 30 14:57:34 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mark>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, mpid=2265, TLS, session=<WnHAq+vKlQDAqAIE>
========================================8<=============================

Which seems OK

doveconf -n shows:
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# doveconf -n
# 2.1.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.5.4-2.fc17.i686.PAE i686 Fedora release 17 (Beefy
Miracle) 
disable_plaintext_auth = no
log_path = /var/log/dovecot
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  location = 
  mailbox Drafts {
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox Junk {
    special_use = \Junk
  }
  mailbox Sent {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox Trash {
    special_use = \Trash
  }
  prefix = 
}
passdb {
  args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
  driver = passwd-file
}
ssl = required
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
  args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
  driver = passwd-file
}
========================================8<=============================


Help! What do I do - I need to be able to access my mail!

Thanks in advance

Mark


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