On 21.8.2010, at 3.24, The Doctor wrote: >>> Aug 18 23:25:31 doctor dovecot: master: Warning: service(anvil): >>> process_limit reached, client connections are being dropped >> >> I'm not really sure about this.. This still happens with the above >> change? Anything else logged before it? Do you even have anvil process? > > Yes, the anvil process is a postfix process.
Dovecot has its own anvil process too (yeah, I stole the name from Postfix). >>> listen = * >> .. >>> service imap-login { >>> inet_listener imaps { >>> address = 204.209.81.1 >>> } >> >> Better to set the address in the listen setting instead of explicitly >> for different inet_listeners. > > Had to resort back to inet_listener . > > Question how is the auth process handled in 2 that differs from 1? What does that have to do with anything? > Because in Dovecot 1 I had > > auth_executable = /usr/contrib/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth > > and in Dovecot 2 I have > > executable = /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/auth Only the binary name changed from dovecot-auth to auth.