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Issue [DOVECOT SERVICE] CAN'T START

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Basic Pleskian
Hello Pleskians, can someone help me with dovecot start problem?

Job for dovecot.socket failed.

See "systemctl status dovecot.socket" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

dovecot.socket - Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server activation socket

Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dovecot.socket; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)

Active: failed (Result: resources)

Listen: 0.0.0.0:143 (Stream)

[::]:143 (Stream)

0.0.0.0:993 (Stream)

[::]:993 (Stream)

systemd[1]: dovecot.socket: Failed to listen on sockets: Address already in use

systemd[1]: Failed to listen on Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server activation socket.

Server restart didn't help, dovecot doesnt start
 
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