Bug#555664: closed by Marco d'Itri <md at linux.it> (Bug#555664: fixed in netbase 4.38)

[Klaus Ethgen]

On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 05:57:10PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>    * etc-services: added sieve (4190/tcp).
>    * etc-services: removed sieve (2000/tcp). (Closes: #555664)

Uh, that's a very bad idea! managesieve is using port 2000 for long time
now. To change it in service file ends in clients not able anymore to
connect to the sieve server! Think about, this port is not even only
used on debian installations than also on other like redhat[0] where the
server might runs.

That change make debian incompatible to all managesieve installations
out there!

However, I also see no real conflict with two services allocationg the
same port as long as they do not have to run on the same host. There are
many ports > 1024 which have more than one meaning. And even some lower
ports have more than one.

So please revoke that change as soon as possible!

MfG
   Klaus Ethgen

[0] "grep sieve /etc/service" on redhat EL 5: 2000/tcp and 2000/udp.
Grep for port 2000 gives sieve, only in the /etc/services!
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