I just downloaded 1.2.11 and compiled from source including mysql support and using default directory locations.

I walked thru the included example conf file and tweaked it out and get an invalid configuration file.

I trimmed out all of the commented sections to make the non-default config super easy to navigate during troubleshooting.

Remaining config which gives an error of "unknown setting: mechanisms" so I switched it to auth_mechanisms and then get the following when starting dovecot:

Error: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf line 18: Unknown section type (section changed in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf at line 14)

Fatal: Invalid configuration in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf

#####################

protocols = imap pop3

listen = <SCRUBBED IP>

disable_plaintext_auth = no

ssl = no

login_processes_count = 100

login_max_processes_count = 500

login_max_connections = 512

login_greeting = DovecotProxy08 ready.

protocol imap {

}

protocol pop3 {

}

protocol lda {

} #LINE 14

auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@/$!&\

auth default {

mechanisms = plain

passdb sql { #LINE 18

args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf

}

userdb sql {

args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf

}

user = root

}

dict {

}

plugin {

}

#####################

Any ideas what is wrong here? It seems like the example conf file is not correct. Yes the dovecot-sql.conf file exists.