thank you Darren Pilgrim and what should I do to not let dovecot -w
start? i want to keep one dovecot-auth . Is it set in the dovecot.conf ?
> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 01:39:21 -0800
> From: list_dove...@bluerosetech.com
> To: amandy_...@outlook.com; dovecot@dovecot.org
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] What's the parameter -w for dovecot-auth: dovecot -w
>
> On 1/6/2014 1:17 AM, ldaamandy wrote:
> > What's the parameter -w for dovecot-auth: dovecot -w my service of
> > dovecot-auth always activing two: one is" dovecot-auth", the other
> > is" dovecot-auth -w" i don't know the diffevent between them
>
> According to the Dovecot 1.x wiki:
>
> 'dovecot-auth -w process is an "authentication worker" process. It's
> used only with some "blocking" authentication databases, such as MySQL.'
>
> http://wiki1.dovecot.org/RunningDovecot
