I tried your patch again b2 and I am still having the same problem. Jan 22 17:57:30 foxmulder dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.beta2 starting up Jan 22 17:57:30 foxmulder dovecot: ssl_parameters_regenerate = 48 Jan 22 17:58:30 foxmulder dovecot: SSL parameters regeneration completed Jan 22 18:07:31 foxmulder dovecot: ssl_parameters_regenerate = 48 Jan 22 18:07:43 foxmulder dovecot: SSL parameters regeneration completed Btw, my machine is only i386, not 64bits. Let me know if you need anything else. Timo Sirainen wrote:

On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 23:26 +0800, John Wong wrote:

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i upgrade 1.0-beta1 to cvs version, i use openbsd/i386 i tried this 3 settings ----------------------------------------------------------------- ssl_parameters_regenerate = 0 ssl_parameters_regenerate = 68 #ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168 (default) ----------------------------------------------------------------- all setting have this problem too (every 10mins regen SSL)

Could you try what it writes to logs with this patch:

diff -u -r1.21 ssl-init.c --- src/master/ssl-init.c 22 Jan 2006 10:50:54 -0000 1.21 +++ src/master/ssl-init.c 22 Jan 2006 16:16:14 -0000 @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ are correct */ regen_time = set->ssl_parameters_regenerate == 0 ? ioloop_time : st.st_mtime + (time_t)(set->ssl_parameters_regenerate*3600); + i_info("ssl_parameters_regenerate = %d", set->ssl_parameters_regenerate); if (regen_time < ioloop_time || st.st_size == 0 || st.st_uid != master_uid || st.st_gid != getegid()) { if (foreground) {