Hi all I got a strange problem: sometimes imap auth fails. It seems that this appens random, account, imap client ( also webmail from localhost..) and load average may vary, the only thing that remains the same is the imap protocol.
I use this toaster version on mandriva: rpm -qa | grep toaster ucspi-tcp-toaster-0.88-1.3.1mdk ezmlm-cgi-toaster-0.53.324-1.3.1mdk maildrop-toaster-devel-2.0.2-1.3.1mdk qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.9-1.3.1mdk control-panel-toaster-0.5-1.3.1mdk ezmlm-toaster-0.53.324-1.3.1mdk maildrop-toaster-2.0.2-1.3.1mdk qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.6mdk isoqlog-toaster-2.1-1.3.1mdk vpopmail-toaster-5.4.13-1.3.1mdk autorespond-toaster-2.0.4-1.3.1mdk squirrelmail-toaster-1.4.6-1.3.1mdk spamassassin-toaster-3.1.7-1.3.5mdk simscan-toaster-1.2-1.3.1mdk qmail-pop3d-toaster-1.03-1.3.6mdk libdomainkeys-toaster-0.68-1.3.1mdk daemontools-toaster-0.76-1.3.1mdk ripmime-toaster-1.4.0.6-1.3.1mdk send-emails-toaster-0.5-1.3.1mdk courier-imap-toaster-4.1.1-1.3.2mdk clamav-toaster-0.88.5-1.3.4mdk courier-authlib-toaster-0.58-1.3.1mdk qmailmrtg-toaster-4.2-1.3.1mdk my mysql installation is made on a different machine (but same lan..) from the one that it's serving imap. The error compares both if I login from network than from localhost where the courier runs. What I test made : -debug=2 in imapd for viewing the password used for the auth (them were always correct but sometimes the login fails anyway..) -monitored the number of connection to my dmbs (I've reached about an half of the limit set at 250 in my.cnf) -verified that courier was configured to allow a sufficent number of simultaneous connection (even from the same ip, respectively 180 and 50). -whatched for softlimit problems (no one) -logged all the sql query from mysql debug used to get user and passwords from the dbms -I "tcpdump-ed" network traffic findong no interesting errors -I saw that in previous versions of vpopmail and courier there were "sometimes failed logins".. but this happened 2 versions ago.. and in the last 10 months no one in this mailing list turned out with a problem similar to this one. So, finally, is there something that I'm missing? Is there some known bug? Is there a possibility that sometimes daemontols "forget" to fork imaplogin process and so auth may fail? (my dbms is heavily used it's not simple for me to monitor every login attempt and see the corresponding query on the other host). I'm sure that for every login attempt I see some entry in imapd/current.. so I think that daemontools are ok... Note that: the same toaster is used for pop3 and smtp (authenticated) with no (not one) problem of auth. many thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]