Applicable to:
- Plesk Onyx for Linux
- Plesk for Linux
Symptoms
After Plesk updates, customized Dovecot configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
is reset to default. The previous version of file is saved as dovecot.conf.dpkg-old
.
Cause
Plesk updates may contain new Dovecot packages to deliver security improvements. The default Dovecot configuration file is shipped with the new Dovecot package.
Warning: It is not recommended to customize the main Dovecot configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
.
Resolution
Create a new Dovecot configuration file in the /etc/dovecot/conf.d/
directory and add all required customization in it.
-
Connect to the Plesk server via SSH.
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Create a new file with
.conf
extension, for example:# touch /etc/dovecot/conf.d/my_custom_file.conf
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Open the file in a text editor and add your custom configuration in it.
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Restart Dovecot to apply new changes:
# service dovecot restart
Comments
2 comments
Hi. On my server I am trying to make SSL work, since I install a purchased external certificate, but the thunderbird mua rejects me when trying to connect to STARTTLS or SL / TLS.
But watching dovecot.conf I observe that imaps and pop3s do not appear:
protocols = imap pop3
Question: When installing the security certificate on the mail server, shouldn't the protocols be automatically modified by enabling SSL in dovecot?
In maillog I have:
dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 1 secs): user = <>, rip = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, TLS handshaking: SSL_accept () failed: error : 14094416: SSL routines: ssl3_read_bytes: sslv3 alert certificate unknown: SSL alert number 46
Thanks!
Hi @Arturo Diehl,
Please check this article for details.
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