Re: [Dovecot] dovecot v1.2.10 + unknown mail_uid parameter

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.