Maybe I have multiple problems - dunno.
I've started seeing the following log lines: Mar 7 07:46:22 bubba dovecot: imap(dmiller@amfes.com): Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 5000 (UID vmail) exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances
max_user_instances is currently 128.
I've tried stopping and restarting dovecot - the message immediately returns. I could just increase max_user_instances - but I'd like to understand what the number SHOULD be and why simply restarting Dovecot doesn't fix it. If this issue is for user "vmail" this is used by mail services only - and I've only got a few users on my system.
I'm also fighting a netfilter issue - my connection tracking counters keep climbing. Don't know if this is in any way related.
-- Daniel