I am trying to set up dovecot to be a sasl auithenticator for postfix but it can't get it to function even on the most fundemental level /usr/bin/dovecot -a -F -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # 2.3.16 (7e2e900c1a): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf line 48: Unknown setting: service { namespace { namespace and before this, when I tried to get 10-ssl to work it said the same thing - unknonw setting Somewhere it is messed up in the syntax of the config files and I don't know where or how to run it down in a debugger. Here is the config file mail2:[root]:/etc/dovecot# grep "^#" -v /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf|grep -v "^$" protocols = pop3 submission base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ dict { #quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } !include conf.d/*.conf !include_try local.conf mail2:[root]:/etc/dovecot# -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013