Dovecot - being dropped

[Christian Kivalo]

On September 9, 2018 2:38:11 PM GMT+02:00, Maurizio Caloro <maurizio at caloro.ch> wrote:
> 
>
>>>After i restart the Dovecot Service it will go forrwarda and
>running.. but
>i can fix this that don't appair any more.
>
>>>because, i'am traveling alot and i can connect to the Server.
>
>>>Regards
>
> 
>
> 
>
>Hello
>
>Yesterday, I could not receive an email anymore when I looked in the
>logs
>found the following errors:
>
> 
>
>*	Sep  7 06:04:44 mail dovecot: master: Warning: service(imap-login):
>process_limit (100) reached, client connections are being dropped
>*	Sep  7 06:06:41 mail dovecot: master: Warning: service(imap-login):
>process_limit (100) reached, client connections are being dropped
>
> 
>
>If show the config i dont see any process_limits
>
> 
100 is the default process limit, see https://wiki.dovecot.org/LoginProcess for how to change

>
>Dovecot 2.2.13
>
> 
>
>root at mail:/var/log# dovecot -n
>
># 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>
># OS: Linux 3.16.0-6-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.11
>
>auth_mechanisms = plain login
>
>auth_verbose = yes
>
>disable_plaintext_auth = no
>
>info_log_path = /var/log/mail.log
>
>log_timestamp = %b %d %H:%M:%S Dovecot/
>
>mail_access_groups = vmail
>
>mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
>
>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 vironment mailbox date ihave
>
>namespace inbox {
>
>  inbox = yes
>
>  location =
>
>  mailbox Drafts {
>
>    special_use = \Drafts
>
>  }
>
>  mailbox Junk {
>
>    special_use = \Junk
>
>  }
>
>  mailbox Sent {
>
>    special_use = \Sent
>
>  }
>
>  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>
>    special_use = \Sent
>
>  }
>
>  mailbox Trash {
>
>    special_use = \Trash
>
>  }
>
>  prefix =
>
>}
>
>passdb {
>
>  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>
>  driver = sql
>
>}
>
>plugin {
>
>  sieve = ~/sieve/.dovecot.sieve
>
>  sieve_dir = ~/sieve
>
>}
>
>postmaster_address = admin@
>
>protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
>
>service auth {
>
>  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>
>    group = postfix
>
>    mode = 0660
>
>    user = postfix
>
>  }
>
>  unix_listener auth-client {
>
>    mode = 0660
>
>    user = mail
>
>  }
>
>}
>
>service lmtp {
>
>  inet_listener lmtp {
>
>    address = 127.0.0.1
>
>    port = 24
>
>  }
>
>}
>
>ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
>
>ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
>
>userdb {
>
>  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>
>  driver = sql
>
>}
>
>protocol lda {
>
>  mail_plugins = " quota sieve"
>
>}
>
>protocol imap {
>
>  mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota"
>
>}
>
>root at mail:/var/log#

-- 
Christian Kivalo