dovecot - Jan 2012 - could not start dovecot - unknown section type

Hi,

I was wondering if I could get some help with the following error when trying to
start dovecot service on Ubuntu Server 10.04.

The error message is as follows

?* Starting IMAP/POP3 mail server dovecot?????????????????????????????????????? 

Error: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 15:
Unknown section type
Fatal: Invalid configuration in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf [fail]


I have just managed to upgrade it from 1.2.19 to 2.0.17. Then, I tried to start
the dovecot by running the command


$ sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot start

And I received the above message.

Below is the configuration for dovecot.conf


# 2.0.17 (684381041dc4+): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-37-generic-pae i686 Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS ext4
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_username_format = %Lu
auth_verbose = yes
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot
disable_plaintext_auth = no
first_valid_uid = 1001
last_valid_uid = 2000
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%u/Maildir
mail_privileged_group = mail
passdb {
? driver = pam
}
passdb {
? args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
? driver = ldap
}
plugin {
? quota = maildir
? quota_rule = *:storage=3GB
? quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=20%%
? quota_rule3 = Spam:storage=10%%
? quota_warning = storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95
? quota_warning2 = storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 80
}
protocols = imap
service auth {
? unix_listener /var/run/dovecot-auth-master {
??? group = vmail
??? mode = 0660
??? user = vmail
? }
? unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
??? group = mail
??? mode = 0660
??? user = postfix
? }
? user = root
}
service imap-login {
? chroot = login
? executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
? inet_listener imap {
??? address = *
??? port = 143
? }
? user = dovecot
}
service imap {
? executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
}
service pop3-login {
? chroot = login
? user = dovecot
}
ssl = no
userdb {
? driver = passwd
}
userdb {
? args = uid=1001 gid=1001 home=/home/vmail/%u allow_all_users=yes
? driver = static
}
verbose_proctitle = yes
protocol imap {
? imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail
? mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
}
protocol pop3 {
? pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}
protocol lda {
? auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot-auth-master
? mail_plugins = quota
? postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com
? rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r
? sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

On Wednesday 11 January 2012 20:30:49 Daminto Lie wrote:
> I was wondering if I could get some help with the following error
> when trying to start dovecot service on Ubuntu Server 10.04.
> 
> The error message is as follows
> 
>  * Starting IMAP/POP3 mail server
> dovecot                                      
> 
> Error: Error in configuration file
> /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 15: Unknown section type
> Fatal: Invalid configuration in
> /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf [fail]
> 
> 
> I have just managed to upgrade it from 1.2.19 to 2.0.17. Then, I
> tried to start the dovecot by running the command
> 
> 
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot start
> 
> And I received the above message.
It would seem that you did not upgrade the init script, and the old 
one is reading the config file and expecting a different format. You 
used source to upgrade, which means you did not "upgrade" in the 
conventional sense -- you installed new software.

Either fix the script or run without it:
	dovecot start

See:
	http://wiki2.dovecot.org/CompilingSource
	http://wiki2.dovecot.org/RunningDovecot
> Below is the configuration for dovecot.conf
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