[Dovecot] dovecot v1.2.10 + unknown mail_uid parameter

[Timo Sirainen]

On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 13:04 -0200, maximatt wrote:
> in dovecot.conf, i set the user mail:
> 
>     mail_uid= 72940
>     mail_gid= 72941
> 
> but when i try to start dovecot i have the following error:
> 
>     # sbin/dovecot
>     Error: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf line
> 962: Unknown setting: mail_uid
>     Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf
> 
>     # sbin/dovecot --version
>     1.2.10
> 
> i try, but i dont know how to fix them :(

I copy&pasted those lines to dovecot.conf and started v1.2.10 without
errors. Did you put them inside some section (auth?) where they don't
belong to? They belong to root level.

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