Hi, i had a similar problem, even with 2.2, after a small period of
time, the imap server stop to respond, and the cause was the
dbmail.conf file. The default parameters where just to low for my
needs, so i changed them to :
NCHILDREN=25             # Default number of child processes to start.
MAXCHILDREN=30          # Maximum number of child processes allowed.
MINSPARECHILDREN=4      # Unused children to always have availale.
MAXSPARECHILDREN=25      # Maximum unused children allowed to be active.
MAXCONNECTS=1000       # Child process is restarted after handling
this many connections.
MAX_ERRORS=50          # Child process will restart after this many
connection errors.
TIMEOUT=300             # Idle time allowed before a connection is shut off.

Anyway, you should consider making NCHILDREN higher, like 200, as you
have more permanent conections like me. Also on the database you need
to change the number of maximum conections availables, i think the
default is 100, you probably need more.
I hope it helps.


2007/2/16, Sunny Koh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:


Hello,

My current DBMail system is getting very unstable  and needs a full reset every 
now and then with the system complianting about not  having enough database 
connections or imap connections that fail after a few  seconds. (Currently 
usinbg 2.0.10 on Gentoo Linux with postfix/mysql) Also, my  nightly cleanup 
database script is currently running for 55 minutes at midnight  and no one is 
able to check their mail during that time of day. For some  reference, I have 
about 60 real users and my Database size is about 2 to 4GB  runing on a 
Pentium-III 1Ghz with 1GB RAM.

The base OS is patched for a few years, I am going  to do a fuull reimage and 
reinstallation. And hopefully most of these problems  would be gone.

My first question would be what would be the best  method to do the install, 
download the .tar.gz, follow the normal method or use  portage? (I am aware 
that dbmail is not in the main portage database, but if I  am going to use the 
ebuilt, what are the commands/step I should be taking?) And  which init script 
files should I be using. (I was using the posted Gentoo ones  from the mailing 
list a few years ago)

Second question is is 2.2 stable enough? I don't  want a confidence lost with 
my users when I perform the upgrade. I am very  interested in the LDAP as I 
want to implement a groupware package during this  round of upgrades.

My Third question is, it is possible to use a  second machine to do anti-spam 
filtering? I am considering doing this as it  gives some redundancy to my mail 
setup as I can set the primary reciever to this  machine and it forwards to the 
real mail server. (As well as keeping the email  server nice and simple) Any 
community views on this?

Thank you all

Regards

Mr. Sunny Koh
Executive System Administrator
Acorn Eduatinment Pte Ltd
Part of
The NurtureCraft Group
Singapore
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