Dovecot fails to start - Unknown setting: socket

[Max Shortte]

Here are the lines in question:

  socket listen {     ####### line 73 ###########

       master {

      path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master

      mode = 0600

      user = vmail

      group = vmail

    }

    client {

      # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical
use

      # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups

      # using it.

      path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth

      mode = 0660

      user = postfix

      group = postfix

    }

  }

}

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
wrote:

>
> Am 01.10.2014 um 20:47 schrieb Max Shortte:
> > I’m receiving the following error(s) messages when trying reloading
> dovecot
> > (Debian wheezy).
> >
> > doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> line
> > 73: Unknown setting: socket
> >
> > doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89
> >
> > Configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>
> honestly it would make more sense if you post line 73
> as mentioned in the message followed by the surrounding
> context
>
>