similar to: 1.2: Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling?

I'm seeing this message in my /var/log/maillog: May 26 12:35:00 agencymail dovecot: IMAP(info at example.com): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances I rummaged through google, and found : http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2008-May/011132.html which says I need to increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances (no

>From my log: Dec 29 16:43:58 postamt dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.7 starting up Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create(): Too many open files Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slowing down for now Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal: imap-login: epoll_create(): Too many open files Dec 29 16:43:59 postamt dovecot: Fatal:

Hi. What does the warning "Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling." mean, and how do I get rid of it? I assume that I have to change a limit somewhere? Regards, Anders.

Hi System debian 8.11 dovecot-2.2.36.4 and I have some warnings in log likes: Warning: Inotify watch limit for user exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches 8192 in sysctl i change #fs.inotify.max_user_watches= 8192 #fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 16384 fs.inotify.max_user_watches= 16384 fs.inotify.max_user_instances =

>From my log: Feb 25 14:53:26 postamt postfix/local[22546]: 0EAA8220697: to=<username at postamt.charite.de>, relay=local, delay=0.61, delays=0.16/0.04/0/0.42, dsn=5.7.0, status=bounced (permission denied. Command output: Warning: Growing pool 'Environment' with: 4096 Quota exceeded ) I'm not sure if "Warning: Growing pool 'Environment' with: 4096" should

Maybe I have multiple problems - dunno. I've started seeing the following log lines: Mar 7 07:46:22 bubba dovecot: imap(dmiller at amfes.com): Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 5000 (UID vmail) exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances max_user_instances is currently 128. I've tried stopping and restarting dovecot - the message immediately returns.

Hello, i saw in my log followed messages: dovecot: 2010-01-18 13:20:54 Warning: IMAP(user1 at domain1.com): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. dovecot: 2010-01-18 13:21:01 Warning: IMAP(user2 at domain2.com): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. dovecot: 2010-01-18 13:21:23 Warning: IMAP(user2 at domain2.com: Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling.

A user is logged in via imap from multiple devices. The log has this: Sep 21 11:46:32 postamt dovecot: imap(awxxxxer): delete: box=INBOX, uid=15347, msgid=<1341851741.4ffb085d2e2b7 at swift.generated>, size=15675 Sep 21 11:46:32 postamt dovecot: imap(awxxxxer): delete: box=INBOX, uid=15739, msgid=<b23b2e42f6ae9ba1602690be42b7b5c7.squirrel at webmail.charite.de>, size=18134 Sep 21

Hi! Starting with 2.1.1 we suddely encounter quite a lot of these messages: Mar 2 11:09:28 postamt dovecot: imap(username): Error: Maildir filename has wrong S value, renamed the file from /home/a/i/username/Maildir/.A*Teens.Eink&AOQ-ufe, Spenden etc/cur/1323207735.M64829P19819.postamt.charite.de,S=5137:2,S to /home/a/i/username/Maildir/.A*Teens.Eink&AOQ-ufe, Spenden

Hello, Timo, last year when you remoted into our server and performed the migration from courier-imap, we ran into this issue, and you solved it by doing: echo 1024 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances Then you said you were going to solve this permanently by changing the init script... Here is what you said (this is from the skype chat): [2012-06-04 10:40:43 AM] timosirainen:

>From my log: Oct 6 00:10:36 postamt kernel: [2353838.557216] deliver[2799]: segfault at 48 ip b77dd649 sp bfcf3b48 error 6 in libdovecot-storage.so.0.0.0[b778e000+b8000] Oct 6 00:14:39 postamt kernel: [2354082.014722] deliver[6399]: segfault at 48 ip b7779649 sp bf9ca028 error 6 in libdovecot-storage.so.0.0.0[b772a000+b8000] Oct 6 00:28:12 postamt kernel: [2354894.551201] deliver[13972]:

A user logged in with a captial "L" for his username: Jul 7 12:30:31 postamt dovecot: auth(default): cache(Loser,10.47.64.227): miss Jul 7 12:30:31 postamt dovecot: auth(default): shadow(Loser,10.47.64.227): lookup Jul 7 12:30:31 postamt dovecot: auth(default): shadow(Loser,10.47.64.227): unknown user Jul 7 12:30:31 postamt dovecot: auth(default): cache(Loser,10.47.64.227): miss Jul

a "masteruser" login fails: Oct 8 15:12:54 postamt dovecot: auth: Debug: auth(masteruser,141.42.206.38,master): Master user lookup for login: nonworkinguser Oct 8 15:12:54 postamt dovecot: auth: passdb(masteruser,141.42.206.38,master): Master user logging in as nonworkinguser Oct 8 15:12:54 postamt dovecot: auth: Debug: cache(nonworkinguser,141.42.206.38): expired Oct 8 15:12:54

With a recent checkout of dovecot-2 I'm getting a few "BUG: Unknown internal error" messages. The log for one such incident: Jul 21 10:21:38 postamt dovecot: imap(ikurzweg): copy from INBOX: box=INBOX.Trash, uid=6385, msgid=<4DA3E334.000005.02956 at ILONA-PC>, size=90980 Jul 21 10:21:38 postamt dovecot: imap(ikurzweg): copy from INBOX: box=INBOX.Trash, uid=6386,

One of our users seems to have strange problems with his mailbox: Oct 2 00:36:42 postamt dovecot: IMAP(rbxxxx): Corrupted transaction log file /home/r/b/rbxxxx/Maildir/.listen.CCL/dovecot.index.log: Append with UID 1096, but next_uid = 1097 Oct 2 00:36:42 postamt dovecot: IMAP(rbxxxx): Corrupted transaction log file /home/r/b/rbxxxx/Maildir/.listen.CCL/dovecot.index.log: Append with UID 1096,

Today I found this in my log: Feb 26 14:27:51 postamt dovecot: imap(tscxxxf): Error: mmap(/home/t/s/tscxxxf/Maildir/dovecot.index.search.uids) failed: Cannot allocate memory Feb 26 14:27:51 postamt dovecot: imap(tscxxxf): Error: Corrupted squat uidlist file /home/t/s/tscxxxf/Maildir/dovecot.index.search.uids: uidlist not found Feb 26 14:27:52 postamt dovecot: imap(tscxxxf): Panic: file

Hi I allready have set 256 on max_user_instances , and in the log i keep seeing Mar 28 10:08:44 mail dovecot: imap(some.username): Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 98 (UID vmail) exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances All users use thunderbird 3.1.9 , and from time to time this show in log , with a random user. What can i do to resolve this issue ? my

Mar 15 09:46:11 postamt dovecot: pop3(username): Error: Couldn't open INBOX: Timeout while waiting for lock Mar 15 09:46:11 postamt dovecot: pop3(username): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 Mar 15 09:47:26 postamt dovecot: pop3(username): Error: Couldn't open INBOX: Timeout while waiting for lock Mar 15 09:47:26 postamt dovecot: pop3(username): Couldn't open

QUERY: THREAD REFERENCES ISO-8859-1 ALL RESPONSE: [SERVERBUG] Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2013-08-09 15:42:34] Aug 9 15:41:48 postamt dovecot: imap(username) tTbs7oPjfACNKs4m: Error: Threading lost Message ID Aug 9 15:42:34 postamt dovecot: imap(username) tTbs7oPjfACNKs4m: Error: Threading lost Message ID What does that mean? WHY has the Message-Id

With 2.0.18 I was using a quota warning script like this: plugin { ... # Quota quota = maildir quota_rule = INBOX.Trash:storage=+2048M quota_warning = storage=99%% quota-warning 99 %u quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning3 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning4 = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u } # der schickt die Quota warnmails service