[Dovecot] Another "Too many files open" post

[Jeroen Scheerder]

Remy Zandwijk wrote:
> 
>>>> I'm running Solaris 9 Sparc with Dovecot alpha 5 and using maildir 
>>>> format..  I noticed in the log file the following error:
> 
> We used to have this problem when we started using 1.0-stable. In the 
> startup script, I issue the plimit command:

Why not use a "unlimit" command instead, i.e.:

'start')
         if [ -x $EXEC -a -f $CONF ]; then
                 echo "Starting Dovecot..."
		# We need mo' files
                 ulimit -n 8192
		$EXEC -c $CONF
         else
                 echo "Starting Dovecot failed."
         fi
         ;;

?

I bumped into this too, with a limit of 64 (Solaris 7).  Raising it, using 
aforementioned method, to 1024 solved the problem for me.  Alpha5 is running 
smoothly, with outstanding performance.