[Dovecot] dovecot.conf settings

[Marc Perkel]

On 11/12/2010 6:57 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On 12.11.2010, at 11.16, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
>> service imap-login {
>>   process_limit = 800
>>   process_min_avail = 100
>>   service_count = 0
> With service_limit=0 the process limits are way way too high. process_min_avail should be the number of CPU cores you have. Also when your process_limit would be reached you'd have 800000 IMAP connections (process_limit * default_client_limit).
>
>>   vsz_limit = 64 B
> This is 64 bytes .. Strange that it even works, remove it or change it.
>
>> service pop3-login {
>>   process_limit = 800
>>   process_min_avail = 40
>>   service_count = 0
>>   vsz_limit = 64 B
>> }
> Same for pop3-login.
>
>

OK - I'm not sure how they get set that way. I must have copied 
something. Here is my new settings. Is there anything else to change or add?

# 2.0.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-dzhanibekov.1 x86_64 Fedora release 12 (Constantine) 
simfs
auth_debug = yes
auth_master_user_separator = *
disable_plaintext_auth = no
dotlock_use_excl = yes
first_valid_uid = 12
info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
login_greeting = Computer Tyme Dovecot ready.
mail_fsync = never
mail_gid = mail
mail_location = maildir:/vhome/%d/home/%n:INDEX=/imap-cache/%d-%n
mail_uid = mail
mmap_disable = yes
passdb {
   args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf
   driver = sql
}
passdb {
   args = /etc/dovecot/master-combined-sql.conf
   driver = sql
   master = yes
   pass = yes
}
protocols = imap pop3
service anvil {
   client_limit = 2000
}
service auth {
   unix_listener auth-client {
     mode = 0666
   }
   unix_listener auth-master {
     mode = 0666
   }
}
service imap-login {
   process_limit = 800
   process_min_avail = 10
   service_count = 0
}
service imap {
   process_limit = 400
}
service pop3-login {
   process_limit = 800
   process_min_avail = 10
   service_count = 0
}
service pop3 {
   process_limit = 400
}
ssl_cert = </usr/share/ssl/certs/imapd.pem
ssl_key = </usr/share/ssl/certs/imapd.pem
verbose_proctitle = yes
protocol pop3 {
   pop3_uidl_format = %v.%u
}