Problems compiling qpopper 4.0.12 with openssl

Hello
I had compiled qpopper 4.0.12 with openssl 0.8.9g patching the Makefile in 
the popper directory with -ldl so that it compiles fluently with this 
version of openssl. The server works in plain sessions on port 110 but dies 
with the following error message
Expected comment or end of line; found ""
at line 2 of config file /etc/mail/qpoppera.config
I must address that I kept the same configuration with qpopper 4.0.9 witch I 
used already. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions
Thanks In Advance

Giannis Mantzouranis