[Dovecot] Too many imap connections in state "idling"

[3.listas@adminlinux.com.br]

Is it normal this large amount of connections in state 'idling' ?

Thanks
-- 
Thiago Henrique
adminlinux.com.br


On 12-12-2012 11:52, 3.listas at adminlinux.com.br wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a "Ubuntu12.04 + dovecot-2.0.19" configuration in my server. My 
> mailbox server is shared by ~ 10k domains. It works fine with ~50k 
> accounts.
>
> On average, my server has about 6K simultaneous imap connections 
> during office hours. But I've noticed that this server has an average 
> of approximately 4k connections in state "idling".
>
> On other Dovecot servers the average connections in state "idling" is 
> only 10%.
>
> My doveconf -n:
> http://thiagoh.prv.digirati.com.br/doveconf-n.txt
>
> Can someone help me?
>
> Thanks