Impossible to tell without actual 'dovecot -n' output. All the changes to '*.conf' may or may not apply to the actual configuration.
My apologies. Here it is
# 2.1.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.26-smp i686 Slackware 14.0 auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes mail_debug = yes namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/shadow driver = passwd-file } ssl_cert =
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