At noon, I often get "dovecot: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded"
I'm at my wits end, which parameter needs to be increased further?
# 1.1.3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap imaps pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/postamt.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/postamt.key disable_plaintext_auth: no version_ignore: yes login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_process_per_connection: no login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(pop3): no login_processes_count: 32 login_max_processes_count: 2048 login_max_connections: 512 max_mail_processes: 1024 mail_max_userip_connections: 2048 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir fsync_disable: yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mail_drop_priv_before_exec: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/sbin/imap_login_script mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/sbin/imap_login_script mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/sbin/pop_login_script mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota trash mail_log fts fts_squat mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota trash mail_log fts fts_squat mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_log mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_log_max_lines_per_sec: 0 imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_lock_session(default): no pop3_lock_session(imap): no pop3_lock_session(pop3): yes pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v-%u pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login cache_size: 64 master_user_separator: * verbose: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.masterusers pass: yes master: yes passdb: driver: shadow passdb: driver: pam args: cache_key=%u dovecot userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix plugin: fts: squat quota: maildir quota_rule: Trash:storage=100M quota_warning: storage=90%% /usr/local/scripts/quota-warning 90 quota_warning2: storage=95%% /usr/local/scripts/quota-warning 95 quota_warning3: storage=99%% /usr/local/scripts/quota-warning 99 trash: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-trash.conf
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