I think if IMAP IDLE is used you need one connection per folder. If I remember
correctly at least either Thunderbird or K9 Mail (I'm using both too) use one
connection per selected directory. Simply increasing the number of connections
was the easiest solution as I only have very few users too.
Regards
Frank
Am 8. Juni 2022 21:14:23 MESZ schrieb Jeremy Schaeffer <kb9...@phonesplus.biz>:
>I keep having this issue with one user, and I have to restart dovecot
>several times a day to clear it. What I have is a postfix / dovecot mail
>server (Centos 7) and about a dozen users. All mailboxes are imap ssl. I
>monitor about 4 mailboxes on my computer and tablet. I use Thunderbird
>on the computer (cache connections at 2) and K9 on the tablet, but one
>user of the four I keep getting "Maximum number of connections from
>user+IP exceeded" and I have the maximum at 50
>"(mail_max_userip_connections=50)" so its hard for me to believe I am
>actually exceeding it unless dovecot/client is not dropping connections
>and keeps starting new ones until it reaches the maximum, but again,
>only for one user, even though I am monitoring 4 on the same devices.
>Any idea how to troubleshoot this? I don't know if I should be looking
>at dovecot or the clients, or what I need to look for. It's been going
>on since I put this server in use over a year ago. I also have issues
>with Outlook clients disconnecting, just outlook, is there any
>recommended settings to make Outlook work smoother?
>
>Thanks! - Jeremy
>
>Config -
>
># 2.2.36 (1f10bfa63): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
># OS: Linux 3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release
>7.9.2009 (Core)
># Hostname: ***
>auth_mechanisms = plain login
>debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot_debug.log
>first_valid_gid = 500
>last_valid_gid = 600
>last_valid_uid = 600
>listen = *
>mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
>mbox_write_locks = fcntl
>namespace inbox {
> inbox = yes
> location =
> mailbox Drafts {
> special_use = \Drafts
> }
> mailbox Junk {
> special_use = \Junk
> }
> mailbox Sent {
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox Trash {
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> prefix = INBOX.
> separator = .
>}
>passdb {
> driver = pam
>}
>pop3_uidl_format = %f
>protocols = imap lmtp
>service auth {
> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> group = postfix
> mode = 0660
> user = postfix
> }
>}
>service imap-login {
> inet_listener imap {
> port = 143
> }
> inet_listener imaps {
> port = 993
> ssl = yes
> }
> process_min_avail = 1
> service_count = 0
>}
>service imap {
> process_limit = 1024
>}
>service lmtp {
> unix_listener lmtp {
> mode = 0666
> }
>}
>ssl = required
>ssl_cert = <***
>ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL
>ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
>ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes
>userdb {
> driver = passwd
>}
>protocol imap {
> mail_max_userip_connections = 50
>}
>
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