>> dovecot >> listen = [::] >> used to listen on ipv4 port as well as ipv6. after cvsup and world >> build, it is ipv6 only. > > It's one of changes in dovecot 1.1 from 1.0. Read the thread starting > with following message: > > http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-June/031733.html domo arigato gozaimasu listen = *, [::] did the trick randy