[Dovecot] Dovecot's brittle configuration syntax

[Kai Hendry]

Hi there,

Whilst trying to come up with a minimal configuration for Dovecot:
http://dabase.com/blog/Minimal_Dovecot/

I noticed the configuration syntax is a bit admin unfriendly. It's easy
to get an infamous Error code 89.

Is there any back story to the grammar or language this configuration is
in?

Kind regards,