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Iam trying to install dovecot on godaddy vps ubuntu 16 os i have installed postfix with smart host as godaddy works with relay server to send emails

When i am installing Dovecot gives me bellow error not sure what to do researched may article but dint solve the issue

root@s50-63-165-53:/home/leadshorizon# systemctl status dovecot.service
● dovecot.service - Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-07-20 09:10:02 MST; 3min 29s ago
     Docs: man:dovecot(1)
           http://wiki2.dovecot.org/
  Process: 13249 ExecStop=/usr/bin/doveadm stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 13391 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot (code=exited, status=89)
 Main PID: 12966 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: Error: service(pop3-login): listen(::, 110) failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: master: Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: Error: service(imap-login): listen(::, 143) failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: master: Error: service(pop3-login): listen(::, 110) failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: master: Error: socket() failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: master: Error: service(imap-login): listen(::, 143) failed: Address family not supported by protocol
Jul 20 09:10:02 s50-63-165-53.secureserver.net dovecot[13391]: Fatal: Failed to start listeners
Shaik
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  • You need to edit the Dovecot configuration to only listen on IPv4. GoDaddy VPSes by default disable v6 entirely. – Thomas Ward Jul 20 '18 at 16:20
  • can you please help me doing it – Shaik Jul 20 '18 at 16:22
  • Not from my phone. Once i'm in front of a computer, maybe. – Thomas Ward Jul 20 '18 at 16:22
  • okey no problem actually i edited this and tested a moments ago before posting https://askubuntu.com/questions/440649/how-to-disable-ipv6-in-ubuntu-14-04 – Shaik Jul 20 '18 at 16:24
  • edited /etc/sysctl.conf

    net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1

     – Shaik Jul 20 '18 at 16:24
  • If you followed that that's why. But that only affcets the computer not the other software installed on it. By disabling IPv6 you break most of the 'default' configs of many services. – Thomas Ward Jul 20 '18 at 16:25

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