Some clients create too many simultaneous connections - look in the courier
config for max connections per IP or something like that... increasing it
will probably fix your problem - some clients (Outlook for example) can have
2 connections per account - so in a case where my busiest client has 10
computers and 2 accounts per computer - and up to 2 connections per account,
I need to allow 40 connections per IP (well lets say 45 to leave a buffer)
or they get connection errors.

m/

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of jzaw
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 6:14 AM
To: courier-users
Subject: [courier-users] imap LOGIN / LOGOUT cycling


hi all ... first time poster here
many thanks for the mail list

I've just installed exim 4.22 from source (works nicely)  delivering to
~/Maildir for each user
ive setup virutual_aliases in exim for 5 domains

jzaw has a unique user that mail @domain1 @domain2 @domain3 etc gets
delivered

ie users are jzaw1 jzaw2 jzaw3 etc ... this keeps the mail separate for
jzaw at each of those domains
(usernames changed to protect the innocent)

the mail is being delivered with no problems

however

when trying to read my mail with an imap client (OS X mail.app) note
all imap login attempts come from the same client and same ip
I'm ok if I enable the first account , then the second but by the time
I try to enable the 3rd and fourth account I get errors telling me
there might be wrong with the mail server or with the network  and I
get very fast cyclic login logout + the stated error message poppup


im completely bald now cos ive pulled out every strand of hair!
google is  no longer of help cos my queries  remain too vague ... ive
no idea what string i might start a search on (4 days of googling
brings me no closer to finding a fix)

any insight is very much appreciated

many thanks in advance

Zaw




the mail log looks like this


Sep 25 11:46:41 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:46:44 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:46:45 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:46:46 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:46:46 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:46:46 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:47:41 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:47:41 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:47:44 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:47:45 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:47:45 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:47:45 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:47:45 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:47:45 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:47:46 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:48:43 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:48:45 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:48:47 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:48:47 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:48:47 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:48:47 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:49:41 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:49:42 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:49:42 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:49:42 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:49:44 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:49:45 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
Sep 25 11:49:45 dizzykey imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45]
Sep 25 11:49:46 dizzykey imapd: LOGIN, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], protocol=IMAP
Sep 25 11:49:46 dizzykey imapd: LOGOUT, user=jzaw3,
ip=[::ffff:217.155.135.45], headers=0, body=0
repeats 30x



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