[Eisfair] mail 1.17.0: no encoded password could be generated.

[Helmut Pohl]

Am 30.01.2026 um 21:29 schrieb Marcus Röckrath:
> Hallo Helmut,
> 
> Schau bitte mal in den Thread "Dovecot-Update / Base-Update Fragen", wo es
> auch um diese Fehlermeldung ging.
> 
> Vielleicht ist es ja vergleichbar.
> 


vielen Dank für den Hinweis. Ich habe das ausprobiert:

/usr/bin/doveadm pw -s CRAM-MD5 -u helmut -p Passwort/usr/bin/doveadm pw 
-s CRAM-MD5 -u helmut -p Passwort
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf 
line 9: Invalid dovecot_config_version: Currently supported versions 
are: 2.4.0 2.4.1 2.4.2


/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

#------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf file generated by mail.sh v1.17.0
#
# Do not edit this file, edit /etc/config.d/mail
# Creation Date: 2026-01-30 Time: 22:59:28
#------------------------------------------------------------------
## Dovecot configuration file

dovecot_config_version  = 2.4.2 (0962ed2104)
dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.2 (0962ed2104)

auth_debug           = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes

default_login_user     = exim
default_internal_user  = exim
default_internal_group = trusted

protocols =  pop3 imap
listen = *, ::
base_dir  = /run/dovecot

## Dictionary server settings

!include conf.d/*.conf




xen-eismail # systemctl status mail-dovecot.service
● mail-dovecot.service
      Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/mail-dovecot; generated)
      Active: active (exited) since Fri 2026-01-30 23:19:33 CET; 19min ago
  Invocation: 41969b3e272a41cdab0c1e864a08917f
        Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
     Process: 23039 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/mail-dovecot start 
(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
         CPU: 422ms

Jan 30 23:19:31 xen-eismail systemd[1]: Starting mail-dovecot.service...
Jan 30 23:19:32 xen-eismail mail-dovecot[23039]:  * Starting Dovecot 
daemon ...
Jan 30 23:19:32 xen-eismail mail-dovecot[23095]: doveconf: Fatal: Error 
in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 9: Invalid 
dovecot_config_version: Currently support>
Jan 30 23:19:33 xen-eismail mail-dovecot[23039]: [26B blob data]
Jan 30 23:19:33 xen-eismail systemd[1]: Started mail-dovecot.service.




Scheinbar ist es bei mir nicht so einfach zu sein. Eine neue 
Installation von dovecot war erfolglos.

Dovecot-IMAP/POP3 v2.4.2 ist auf der eisfair64-VM installiert.
Was ist an der dovecot-Version fehlerhaft?

Gruß,
Helmut