I have tried a lot of different things, still no success. =( here is my dove -n if anyone could help that would be great:
# 2.2.27 (c0f36b0): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (fed8554) # OS: Linux 4.9.0-12-amd64 x86_64 Debian 9.12 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = yes mail_home = /var/mail/vmail/%d/%n mail_location = maildir:~/Mail mail_max_userip_connections = 500 mail_plugins = " quota" mail_privileged_group = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_grace = 10%% quota_rule = *:storage=10G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+1G quota_status_overquota = 552 5.2.2 Mailbox is full quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_after = /etc/dovecot/sieve/spamfilter.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap lmtp sieve" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/little-beak.com/fullchain.pem ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota sieve" postmaster_address = *****@little-beak.com } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota sieve" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 500 mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 500 } On 27.02.20 18:54, Esteban L wrote: > I have been haunted by the following error message or months, that we > see using Thunderbird. > > Unable to connect to your IMAP server. > > You may have exceeded the maximum number of connections to this server. > If so, use the Advanced IMAP Server Settings dialogue to reduce the > number of cached connections. > > If I change my location, via a VPN, the error message goes away and I > can connect. > > I have edited my /etc/dovcot/conf.d/20-imap.conf file by adding the > following: > > > protocol imap { > # Space separated list of plugins to load (default is global > mail_plugins). > mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota > > # Maximum number of IMAP connections allowed for a user from each IP > address. > # NOTE: The username is compared case-sensitively. > mail_max_userip_connections = 500 > } > > > And, I still get the error message. I know myself, I have about 8-9 > accounts, some with as many as 10 folders (I know each one count's as > it's own mailbox), as does my partner--who would access the internet > from my IP. > > Does that number really have to be like 10,000, or something? If so, why > does it start out so small in the first place. If not, what else could I > do to avoid this message going forward?? > > > >