[Dovecot] Lots of pop3-logins
Hello,
Doing a "ps aux" on my Slackware box, I have approx 100 PID's of "pop3-login's going on. This is a production mail server, but it is getting VERY low traffic. In fact, only 3 people can "pop3" into it. I've check their e-mail clients, and they are not checking mail any more often than every 5 minutes.
This is a new installation and I've had the server up and running since Sunday. If it matters, I'm using Postfix for the MTA and using the Dovecot SASL library to AUTH SMTP.
Is this a cause for concern? Why does Dovecot need this many processes?
Thanks!
Rodman
On Qui, 2009-06-25 at 09:07 -0500, Rodman Frowert wrote:
Hello,
Doing a "ps aux" on my Slackware box, I have approx 100 PID's of "pop3-login's going on. This is a production mail server, but it is getting VERY low traffic. In fact, only 3 people can "pop3" into it. I've check their e-mail clients, and they are not checking mail any more often than every 5 minutes.
This is a new installation and I've had the server up and running since Sunday. If it matters, I'm using Postfix for the MTA and using the Dovecot SASL library to AUTH SMTP.
Is this a cause for concern? Why does Dovecot need this many processes?
Because dovecot preforks the *-login processes to speed-up the login.
No need to worry.
-- Jose Celestino SAPO.pt::Systems http://www.sapo.pt --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Progress (n.): The process through which Usenet has evolved from smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front of smart terminals.
Jose,
Thank you for your reply. Makes me feel better everything is working properly and resources aren't being wasted. Thank you!
Rodman
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jose Celestino" <japc@co.sapo.pt> To: "Rodman Frowert" <rodman@thefrowerts.com> Cc: <dovecot@dovecot.org> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Lots of pop3-logins
On Qui, 2009-06-25 at 09:07 -0500, Rodman Frowert wrote:
Hello,
Doing a "ps aux" on my Slackware box, I have approx 100 PID's of "pop3-login's going on. This is a production mail server, but it is getting VERY low traffic. In fact, only 3 people can "pop3" into it. I've check their e-mail clients, and they are not checking mail any more often than every 5 minutes.
This is a new installation and I've had the server up and running since Sunday. If it matters, I'm using Postfix for the MTA and using the Dovecot SASL library to AUTH SMTP.
Is this a cause for concern? Why does Dovecot need this many processes?
Because dovecot preforks the *-login processes to speed-up the login.
No need to worry.
-- Jose Celestino SAPO.pt::Systems http://www.sapo.pt --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Progress (n.): The process through which Usenet has evolved from smart people in front of dumb terminals to dumb people in front of smart terminals.
On Jun 25, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Rodman Frowert wrote:
Doing a "ps aux" on my Slackware box, I have approx 100 PID's of
"pop3-login's going on. This is a production mail server, but it
is getting VERY low traffic. In fact, only 3 people can "pop3"
into it. I've check their e-mail clients, and they are not
checking mail any more often than every 5 minutes.This is a new installation and I've had the server up and running
since Sunday. If it matters, I'm using Postfix for the MTA and
using the Dovecot SASL library to AUTH SMTP.Is this a cause for concern? Why does Dovecot need this many
processes?
Take a look at your log file. Is there a dictionary attack taking
place? I get this all the time. I want to find these little cracker
kiddies and break their fingers.
-Dave-- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL
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