Solved Dovecot2-2.2.24 doesn't understand its configuration?

[von_Gaden]

Hi!

I'm installing a new FreeBSD server. One of important servers is Dovecot and I build it via ports mail/dovecot2. Its current version is 2.2.24.
The port installs /usr/local/etc/dovecot/example-config and I use those files as my new config base. The odd thing is that when I try to start Dovecot I get errors like:

doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-director.conf line 34: Unknown setting: service
doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-director.conf line 34: Unknown setting: service
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-director.conf line 34: Unknown setting: service
doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89
doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-director.conf line 34: Unknown setting: service
usage: install [-bCcpSsUv] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner]
  [-M log] [-D dest] [-h hash] [-T tags]
  [-B suffix] [-l linkflags] [-N dbdir]
  file1 file2
  install [-bCcpSsUv] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner]
  [-M log] [-D dest] [-h hash] [-T tags]
  [-B suffix] [-l linkflags] [-N dbdir]
  file1 ... fileN directory
  install -dU [-vU] [-g group] [-m mode] [-N dbdir] [-o owner]
  [-M log] [-D dest] [-h hash] [-T tags]
  directory ...
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/dovecot: WARNING: failed precmd routine for dovecot

If I comment the conflicting setting I get an error in another setting and so on. I can't use some very important settings that work perfectly on other servers with FreeBSD and Dovecot2-2.2.21_1
I am sure the settings are correct. Did I missed a sudden and major change in Dovecot's config files syntax? If so the ports version of /usr/local/etc/dovecot/example-config might be outdated also?

 

[AndyUKG]

Basically you need to read through the comments in the config and set things as needed and uncomment sections as needed. There is also plenty of info out on the internet, ie: http://wiki.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration

 

[von_Gaden]

Thank you very much and please excuse me for the unnecessary noise... The problem was missed '#' before closing bracket in the end of /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/auth-ldap.conf.ext. The file is referred by the first one in the directory - /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf.