Hi --

after running courier-imap and pop3 for a few days, I've noticed that
there seem to be hundreds of courier processes running -- is this to be
expected? We run a smallish shop -- 30-odd users, with only a handful
actually using IMAP; the majority picking up mail using POP3.

% ps auwx | grep courier | wc -l
    125

Any thoughts? In the config file I have MAXDAEMONS=40.

Using FreeBSD4.4 and Courier-imap 1.3.12.

Cheers, stefan


% ps auxw | grep courier

root            657  0.0  0.3   908  228  ??  S    Sun07PM   0:23.06
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -stderr
root            660  0.0  0.3   884  312  ??  S    Sun07PM   0:23.44
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/logger pop3d
root          73491  0.0  0.3   908  232  ??  I    Tue05PM   0:05.56
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/couriertcpd -address=0 -stderr
root          73493  0.0  0.3   884  296  ??  I    Tue05PM   0:06.04
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/logger imapd
root          73644  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
stefan        73653  0.0  0.6  1112  516  ??  I    Tue05PM   0:07.23
/usr/local/courier-imap/bin/imapd Maildir
root          76678  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
listupdate    76682  0.0  0.2  1064  204  ??  I    Tue06PM   0:00.72
/usr/local/courier-imap/bin/imapd Maildir
root          31141  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31145  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:44PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31148  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31152  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:44PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31153  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31157  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:44PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31158  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31162  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:44PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31190  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31195  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:45PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31196  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31200  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:45PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31217  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31221  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:46PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31222  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31226  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:46PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31229  0.0  0.0  1120    0  ??  IW   -         0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou
root          31233  0.0  0.3   932  240  ??  I     7:46PM   0:00.00
/usr/local/courier-imap/libexec/authlib/authpam /usr/local/cou


[etc]


-- 
Dr Stefan Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inty.net
Developer, Intelligent Network Technology Ltd
1700 Park Avenue, Aztec West, Bristol BS32 4UA, UK


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