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Liam
Asked: 2010-07-10 06:36:58 +0800 CST

How do I check if dovecot is being used?

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I want to remove an old version of MySQL (using rpm) on a RHEL4 server and I found that a dovecot package depends on it. If dovecot is not needed then I could remove that too. How can I determine if dovecot is being used on this server? Are there any log files that would show its past use?

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    dovecot is a daemon that provides access to e-Mail via the POP3 and IMAP protocols. Is the server providing e-Mail services?

    The logging location will depend on your configuration in /etc/syslog.conf. Often the default log location will be /var/log/maillog. Dovecot uses the mail logging facility.

    If you want to see if dovecot is running, you can run ps aufx and look for the dovecot process.

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