Antonio Casado RodrÃguez
2008-Nov-11 13:51 UTC
[Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded
Hi, i don't know. Is normal login_max_processes_count > 1024?? Our environment is about 1700 users (imaps + thunderbird or imaps+horde). The server is RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2 User logins different in a hour: # cat dovecot.info | grep 'Nov 11 10' | grep "login: Login" | cut -d'<' -f2 | cut -d'>' -f1 | sort | uniq | wc -l 685 Logins in a hour: # cat dovecot.info | grep 'Nov 11 10' | grep "login: Login" | wc -l 5749 Is normal?? Should i increment login_max_processes_count? # dovecot -n # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /Correo/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /Correo/log/dovecot/dovecot.info protocols: imaps pop3 managesieve ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/mycert.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/private/mycert.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login login_process_per_connection: no login_max_processes_count: 1024 first_valid_uid: 200 mail_location: maildir:%h/.. mail_executable(default): /usr/local/sbin/post-login-imap-dovecot mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/sbin/post-login-imap-dovecot mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/sbin/post-login-pop3-dovecot mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib64/dovecot/managesieve imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): outlook-idle sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(pop3): sieve_storage(managesieve): ~/sieve sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(pop3): sieve(managesieve): ~/.dovecot.sieve namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:%h/.. inbox: yes auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd plugin: quota: maildir:storage=1048576
Antonio Casado RodrÃguez
2008-Nov-12 12:13 UTC
[Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded
Hello again, i changed "login_max_processes_count" to 1500 but with 1024 process the error is the same: dovecot: Nov 12 13:10:11 Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded dovecot: Nov 12 13:10:11 Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded dovecot: Nov 12 13:10:13 Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded dovecot: Nov 12 13:10:18 Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded Is there any limit in other place? Thanks you! Antonio Casado Rodr?guez escribi?:> Hi, i don't know. Is normal login_max_processes_count > 1024?? > > Our environment is about 1700 users (imaps + thunderbird or > imaps+horde). The server is RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2 > > User logins different in a hour: > # cat dovecot.info | grep 'Nov 11 10' | grep "login: Login" | cut > -d'<' -f2 | cut -d'>' -f1 | sort | uniq | wc -l > 685 > > Logins in a hour: > # cat dovecot.info | grep 'Nov 11 10' | grep "login: Login" | wc -l > 5749 > > Is normal?? > Should i increment login_max_processes_count? > > # dovecot -n > # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot.conf > log_path: /Correo/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > info_log_path: /Correo/log/dovecot/dovecot.info > protocols: imaps pop3 managesieve > ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/mycert.crt > ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/private/mycert.key > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login > login_executable(managesieve): /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login > login_process_per_connection: no > login_max_processes_count: 1024 > first_valid_uid: 200 > mail_location: maildir:%h/.. > mail_executable(default): /usr/local/sbin/post-login-imap-dovecot > mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/sbin/post-login-imap-dovecot > mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/sbin/post-login-pop3-dovecot > mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve > mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota > mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota > mail_plugins(pop3): quota > mail_plugins(managesieve): > mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap > mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap > mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 > mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib64/dovecot/managesieve > imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail > imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail > imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle > imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): outlook-idle > sieve_storage(default): > sieve_storage(imap): > sieve_storage(pop3): > sieve_storage(managesieve): ~/sieve > sieve(default): > sieve(imap): > sieve(pop3): > sieve(managesieve): ~/.dovecot.sieve > namespace: > type: private > separator: / > location: maildir:%h/.. > inbox: yes > auth default: > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: passwd > plugin: > quota: maildir:storage=1048576 > > >