[Dovecot] Unknown dict module: db

[Lars Stavholm]

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 15:55 +0200, Lars Stavholm wrote:
>> Using dovecot-1.1beta1 I get "Unknown dict module: db"
>> when starting up dovecot. In dovecot.conf I've got the
>> "expire_dict = db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire.db" statement
>> in the plugin{} section. Aparently required when the
>> "expire" plugin is enabled. dovecot is built with
>> "--with-db" and db-devel is present at compile time.
>>
>> Any ideas anyone?
> 
> The problem is that imap binary isn't linked with libdb, so this doesn't
> work. You'll have to somehow kludge this yourself, or an easier way is
> to use dict proxy. It's configured the same way as SQL for dict quota:
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota/Dict
> 
> Note that the expire plugin hasn't been tested for a year or so, so be
> sure to test that it works before relying on it :)

OK, I hear you, thanks.
/L