[Dovecot] dovecot 2.2.9 - ssl_cert and ssl_key ignored

[Charles Marcus]

On 5/11/2014 5:14 AM, Alexandru Bostina <alb at alnio.ro> wrote:
> Nevermind, I think I found the problem.
>
> It seems that Ubuntu's default settings for Dovecot are wrong, they 
> lack the "<" character before the certificate/key path.
> So either of the following works:
>     ssl_cert_file = /dat/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
>     ssl_key_file = /dat/etc/ssl/private/server.key
> or
>     ssl_cert = </dat/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
>     ssl_key = </dat/etc/ssl/private/server.key 

The latter is what was showing in the config you posted in the OP?

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Best regards,

Charles