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From: =?UTF-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
Subject: bug#32631: the Dovecot service stops working
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:58:15 +0200
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To: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>
Cc: 32631@debbugs.gnu.org

Hi Oleg,

Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello Cl=C3=A9ment,
>
> Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> writes:
>
> [=E2=80=A6]
>
>>>>>> Sometimes the Dovecot service stops working, which is difficult to
>>>>>> notice.
>>>>>
>>>>> When it =E2=80=9Cstops working=E2=80=9D, does the Shepherd service go=
 down?  Does =E2=80=9Cherd
>>>>> status dovecot=E2=80=9D shows that it was respawned?  Is the dovecot =
process
>>>>> still around?
>>>>
>>>> The dovecot process is still around, yes.  I has happened several times
>>>> already (maybe 5),=20
>
> Do you mean the warning you posted before?

I meant that my dovecot process stopped working 5 times already.

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Sep 4 11:47:12 mail2 dovecot: master: Warning: service(imap-login): proce=
ss_limit (100) reached, client connections are being dropped
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The =E2=80=98dovecot-configuration=E2=80=99 record has a =E2=80=98default=
-process-limit=E2=80=99 which
> is setted to 100 by default.  Could you try to increase it?

Well, I can, but that wouldn't fix the problem.  Two dovecot clients
shouldn't consume 100 processes.

> Also a =E2=80=98process_limit=E2=80=99 configuration string is described =
on Dovecot Wiki.
>
>   https://wiki.dovecot.org/LoginProcess

Thank you very much for that information, I'll have a look.

Cl=C3=A9ment