Re: What is the appropriate action for out of memory error for exceeding vsz_limit in my situation?

On Fri, 27 Sep 2024, Steve Dondley via dovecot wrote:

Fatal: master: service(imap): child 17910 returned error 83 (Out of memory (service imap { vsz_limit=325 MB }, you may need to increase it) - set CORE_OUTOFMEM=1 environment to get core dump)

So before upgrading to the server to 1024 MB of ram and going on a wild goose chase, I just want to get input on whether I have positively identified the problem and whether there might be something else I can do to manage this problem.

How many messages do you have in the folder?

Don't keep 10 thousand of them in a folder and it should be fine.