On 11/04/2014 11:09 AM, Rajesh M. wrote:
hi

i am using dovecot version2.2.7 provided by qmailtoaster - 64 bit on centos 6.5 
64 bit system - 16 gb ram with a hex core processor.

i was using qmail pop3 on a 32 bit system for the past over 7 years and had 
absolutely no issues.

with dovecot pop3 i have started receiving a variety of problems

mac machines and ipads -- port 110 does not work at all. i have to use port 995 
only.

i have allowed plain text auth.

thunderbird works perfectly -- both imap and pop3 with port 110 and port 995

outlook 2010 also works but is slow in some cases.
incase of one customer using outlook the mail download is very slow. while 
carrying to receiving i can see the outlook making multiple connections and the 
session becomes very slow. if the user cancels send receive and starts the 
download again then it pickups speed but once again it slows down.
i have a windows servers with mailenable mail server and the same customer 
could download perfectly from those windows servers.


i am using the default "service pop3" settings

Do i need to increase the memory settings /  for pop3 login similar to service 
imap-login . (pl see config file below)

My mail server is busy with around 4000 mailboxes and transacting over 200k 
emails per day. atleast around 250 simultaneous pop3 connections during peak 
hours.

there are no errors in the dovecot log file.

# dovecot -a | grep pop3_uidl_format
pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv


[root@ns1 spamassassin]# dovecot -n
# 2.2.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0
auth_cache_size = 32 M
auth_cache_ttl = 30 mins
auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5
default_login_user = vpopmail
disable_plaintext_auth = no
first_valid_gid = 89
first_valid_uid = 89
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
login_greeting = ready.
mail_max_userip_connections = 50
mail_plugins = " quota"
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 ihave
namespace {
   inbox = yes
   location =
   prefix =
   separator = .
   type = private
}
passdb {
   args = cache_key=%u webmail=127.0.0.1
   driver = vpopmail
}
plugin {
   quota = maildir:ignore=Trash
   quota_rule = ?:storage=0
}
protocols = imap pop3

service imap-login {
   client_limit = 256
   process_limit = 400
   process_min_avail = 4
   service_count = 0
   vsz_limit = 384 M
}
ssl_cert = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem
ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048
ssl_key = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem
userdb {
   args = cache_key=%u quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q
   driver = vpopmail
}
protocol imap {
   imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail
   mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota"
}
protocol pop3 {
   pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
   pop3_fast_size_lookups = yes
   pop3_lock_session = no
   pop3_no_flag_updates = yes
}


i am really puzzled because dovecot was highly recommended by all.

thanks for all your help


rajesh




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We haven't done much of any tuning of dovecot at all. That's on my list, but to be honest, I don't have enough pop3 users to really test it very well. Most of my users use imap.

While I think it'd be feasible to install a 32-bit qmail-pop3d-toaster package on your new host and run it on a different port, I'd encourage you to do some troubleshooting and see where the problem really lies. There are others here who I expect would be happy to assist you, as there are some like you with loads of pop3 users.

Thanks.


--
-Eric 'shubes'


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