/usr/local/etc/dovecot does not created after install
It does install the configuration files, but not where you expect them, and there's nothing telling you where they are. They're in /usr/local/share/doc/dovecot/example-config/. I'll update pkg-message to do a better job pointing you to them.
A commit references this bug: Author: adamw Date: Sun Mar 22 15:36:32 UTC 2015 New revision: 381930 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/381930 Log: Do a better job of explaining where the default configuration files come from. Not bumping PORTREVISION as this change will only benefit people who don't already have dovecot installed. PR: 198792 Changes: head/mail/dovecot2/files/pkg-message.in
Thanks for this PR. Are the instructions clearer now?
A commit references this bug: Author: adamw Date: Tue Mar 24 17:38:35 UTC 2015 New revision: 382128 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/382128 Log: Move the sample configuration files into ETCDIR. After talking more with Rozhuk Ivan (submitter of 198792, see r381930), the sample configuration files don't belong in DOCSDIR, and they really don't belong underneath an OPTION that many people have disabled by default. I still don't think that they're good candidates for @sample, but they make more sense living in ETCDIR. While here, shuffle around a few other docs/examples files. PORTREVISION bump for the plist changes. PR: 198792 Submitted by: Rozhuk Ivan Changes: head/mail/dovecot2/Makefile head/mail/dovecot2/files/pkg-message.in head/mail/dovecot2/pkg-plist