--- a/dovecot-example.conf	Wed Jun 23 17:50:47 2004 +0300
+++ b/dovecot-example.conf	Wed Jun 23 18:00:24 2004 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Dovecot 1.0 configuration file
 
+# '#' character and everything after it is treated as comments. Extra spaces
+# and tabs are ignored. If you want to use either of these explicitly, put the
+# value inside quotes, eg.: key = "# char and trailing whitespace  "
+
 # Default values are shown after each value, it's not required to uncomment
 # any of the lines. Exception to this are paths, they're just examples
 # with real defaults being based on configure options. The paths listed here