Hello,

The default_process_limit parameter is limited to 200 On my server there is a lot of connection imap and this figure is quickly reached And users can no longer connect

If I try to increase it I get this error message

Warning: service auth { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1100) [....] Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecotdoveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1100) Warning: service auth { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1100)

How do I solve this problem?

My full config # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.11 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.debug default_process_limit = 200 dict { expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 5000 first_valid_uid = 3000 imapc_features = rfc822.size fetch-headers imapc_host = mail.marche.be imapc_list_prefix = INBOX imapc_master_user = cyrus imapc_password = homer imapc_user = dherman info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log last_valid_gid = 5000 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_gid = 5000 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs mail_plugins = " expire quota" mail_prefetch_count = 20 maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { driver = shadow } plugin { expire = Trash expire2 = Trash/* expire3 = Spam expire_cache = yes expire_dict = proxy::expire quota = maildir:User quota quota_grace = 10%% quota_rule = *:storage=150M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve/before.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve/ stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh postmaster_address = jf@marche.be protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0666 } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { process_limit = 200 process_min_avail = 2 } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh user = dovecot } ssl_ca = </etc/dovecot/ssl/server-ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/marche.crt ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048 ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/marche.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " expire quota sieve" postmaster_address = jf@marche.be } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 5 mail_plugins = " expire quota imap_quota" } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 5 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 5 mail_plugins = " expire quota" }