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I have set up postfix and am now attempting to set up dovecot. I did apt-get install dovecot-common I have changed dovcot.conf to include the following

protocols = imap imaps

And I now get this error when restarting dovcot

Error: mail_executable: Can't use /usr/lib/dovecot/imap: No such file or directory Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

Did I install the wrong package, is there another package I need, or am I missing something else ?

Thanks.

Marco Ceppi
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  • ignore me, I should have read this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot – NimChimpsky Jul 27 '11 at 17:25
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    Could you add an answer to your post explaining what you did to resolve this? – Marco Ceppi Jul 27 '11 at 17:55
  • To use dovecot as IMAP server you have to install `dovecot-imapd`. `dovecot-common` includes just the files used by both the IMAP and the POP3 servers but not the ones used by just one of them. – Florian Diesch Jul 27 '11 at 19:47

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To cite Florian Dieschs comment:

You have to install not only the dovecot-common package, but the dovecot-imapd package as well (dovecot-pop3d as option if one wants to propose access over POP3).

To cite NimChimpskys comment:

For further informations about the installation of Dovecot, read more on help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot.

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Marc-André Appel
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For me this worked (Ubuntu 22.04):

sudo apt purge dovecot-core dovecot-imapd

and then

sudo apt install dovecot-core dovecot-imapd
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