From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Oct  5 14:32:11 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE78216A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  5 Oct 2004 14:32:11 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from mail6.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A87E643D3F
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Tue,  5 Oct 2004 14:32:11 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: (qmail 25342 invoked from network); 5 Oct 2004 14:32:11 -0000
Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.no-ip.com)
	([66.92.78.145])
	(envelope-sender <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>)
	by mail6.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; 5 Oct 2004 14:32:11 -0000
Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147)
	id 98C08E; Tue,  5 Oct 2004 10:32:10 -0400 (EDT)
Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org
To: "Perttu Laine" <pepe@kahvipannu.com>
References: <4759.62.183.166.174.1096955953.squirrel@ssl.nebula.fi>
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: 05 Oct 2004 10:32:10 -0400
In-Reply-To: <4759.62.183.166.174.1096955953.squirrel@ssl.nebula.fi>
Message-ID: <441xgd9qxh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
Lines: 26
User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: imapd problem.
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:32:11 -0000

"Perttu Laine" <pepe@kahvipannu.com> writes:

> Hello!
> 
> I have problem with imapd. I can't start dovecot 'cause it says this:
> 
> --
> koaze# /usr/local/sbin/dovecot
> Fatal: listen(143) failed: Address already in use
> koaze#
> --
> 
> But I don't know what could be using that address. I had cyrus for a
> while, but I removed it and ps aux show nothing that could use imapd port.
> Only other email app running is postfix as smtp.
> 
> So. What could be wrong here?

*Something* is holding the port.
You can find out what with:
  sockstat | grep 143 

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/