[Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded (see max_mail_processes setting)

2009-02-05 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I have this message repeated several times each *seconds* in /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log the max_mail_processes is set to 8192 and I can see an average of 500 imap processes on the machine , I think there is a problem somewhere ... Debian 64 bits , IBM X3650 biproc , 7 Gb RAM , RAID5

Re: [Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded (see max_mail_processes setting)

2009-02-05 Thread Jack Stewart
Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello I have this message repeated several times each *seconds* in /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log the max_mail_processes is set to 8192 and I can see an average of 500 imap processes on the machine , I think there is a problem somewhere ... Debian 64 bits , IBM X3650

Re: [Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded (see max_mail_processes setting)

2009-02-05 Thread Frank Bonnet
Jack Stewart wrote: Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello I have this message repeated several times each *seconds* in /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log the max_mail_processes is set to 8192 and I can see an average of 500 imap processes on the machine , I think there is a problem somewhere ... Debian

Re: [Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded (see max_mail_processes setting)

2009-02-05 Thread Stewart Dean
Question: Do you have to have a radically greater setting for maildir than for mbox? I would think... What sort of values are people using with both formats? Sounds like a nasty thing that could bite one in the $%# come migration from mbox to maildir Frank Bonnet wrote: Jack Stewart

Re: [Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded (see max_mail_processes setting)

2009-02-05 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 11:36 -0500, Stewart Dean wrote: Question: Do you have to have a radically greater setting for maildir than for mbox? I would think... What sort of values are people using with both formats? Sounds like a nasty thing that could bite one in the $%# come migration from

Re: [Dovecot] Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded (see max_mail_processes setting)

2009-02-05 Thread Jack Stewart
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 11:36 -0500, Stewart Dean wrote: Question: Do you have to have a radically greater setting for maildir than for mbox? I would think... What sort of values are people using with both formats? Sounds like a nasty thing that could bite one in the $%#