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 kb9mfd@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 }
-- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail gesendet.