Failing connections. Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed ..

3 Jul 2018


      can’t access mail after some upgrades. Everything else seems to be working - but dovecot seems to have caught a problem.
Jul  3 09:03:35 zeus dovecot[310]: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=5.188.207.15, lip=192.168.0.15, session=<4Wk9wBNw1AAFvM8P>
Jul  3 09:03:41 zeus dovecot[310]: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS, session=
Jul  3 09:03:41 zeus dovecot[310]: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS, session=<8CagwBNwOwB/AAAB>
Jul  3 09:03:41 zeus dovecot[310]: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS, session=
Jul  3 09:03:41 zeus dovecot[310]: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS, session=
Jul  3 09:03:42 zeus dovecot[310]: imap-login: Disconnected (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 17 secs): user=<>, rip=5.188.207.15, lip=192.168.0.15, session=<4Wk9wBNw1AAFvM8P>
Can’t for the life of me see the problem
robert$ dovecot -n
# 2.2.16: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Darwin 17.6.0 x86_64  hfs
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_verbose = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = plain
default_internal_user = _dovecot
default_login_user = _dovenull
mail_debug = yes
mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
mail_max_userip_connections = 30
mail_privileged_group = mail
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 =
separator = /
}
passdb {
args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
driver = sql
}
passdb {
args = %s
driver = pam
}
postmaster_address = postmaster@quanio.net
service auth-worker {
user = vmail
}
service auth {
executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/auth
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = _postfix
mode = 0666
user = _postfix
}
unix_listener auth-userdb {
mode = 0600
user = vmail
}
user = _dovecot
}
service imap-login {
executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
inet_listener imap {
address = *
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
address = *
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
process_limit = 128
}
service imap {
executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
process_limit = 128
}
service lmtp {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = _postfix
mode = 0660
user = _postfix
}
unix_listener lmtp {
group = _postfix
mode = 0600
user = _postfix
}
}
service pop3-login {
executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
inet_listener pop3 {
address = *
port = 110
}
inet_listener pop3s {
address = *
port = 995
ssl = yes
}
process_limit = 128
}
service pop3 {
executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
process_limit = 128
}
ssl_cert = 
Robert Chalmers
https://robert-chalmers.uk
author@robert-chalmers.uk
@R_A_Chalmers