* Heiko Schlichting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Ralf, > > > At noon, I often get "dovecot: Maximum number of mail processes > > exceeded" > > > > I'm at my wits end, which parameter needs to be increased further? > > You have to increase "max_mail_processes" as this code emits the error > message: > > if (mail_process_count == set->max_mail_processes) { > i_error("Maximum number of mail processes exceeded"); > return MASTER_LOGIN_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR; > } > > [...] > > max_mail_processes: 1024 > [...] > > But the question is: how much user are accessing your server > simultaneously? Is it really more than 1024 or is mail_process_count wrong?
├─runsvdir─┬─runsv───run───perl │ ├─runsv───ntpd │ └─runsv───dovecot─┬─2*[dovecot-auth] │ ├─945*[imap] │ ├─32*[imap-login] │ └─32*[pop3-login] > Your overpowered server is surely able to handle more than 1024 connections. > > Heiko > > Heiko Schlichting Freie Universität Berlin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung (ZEDAT) > Telefon +49 30 838-54327 Fabeckstraße 32 > Telefax +49 30 838454327 14195 Berlin -- Ralf Hildebrandt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 http://www.arschkrebs.de I'm looking for a job The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao-until You bring fresh toner.