Connecting with sieveshell to cyrus-imap results in error code 170

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The Sieveshell does not allow the administrator to connect, error code 170 is provided to stdout:

# sieveshell --user=cyrus --authname=cyrus localhost
connecting to localhost
unable to connect to server at /usr/bin/sieveshell line 170.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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