[Dovecot] Feature Request - starting dovecot, config file behavior

[Charles Marcus]

Hey Timo,

I was wondering how much trouble it would be to again emulate the way 
postfix does something - in this case, the way it reads its config file 
when starting up.

Current behavior:

Postfix:
If postfix encounters the same setting defined more than once, the last 
one wins.

Dovecot:
If dovecot encounters the same setting defined more than once it gives 
an error (also when using the 'dovecot -n' command).

I like to add all of my changes to the very bottom of the config file, 
but otherwise leave the config file as is... this makes it very easy 
when updating - I can easily keep all of the new default config file, 
and simply merge my customizations at the end.

So - how hard would it be to make dovecot simply accept the last defined 
setting read, instead of refusing to start?

Thanks much, and glad to have you back in action!

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Best regards,

Charles