Re: dovecot/config processes open, and consuming all memory

2022-08-14 Thread John Stoffel
> "filipe@digirati" == filipe@digirati com br > writes: filipe@digirati> I'm having strange behavior in dovecot 2.3.16. filipe@digirati> It's opening dozens of dovecot/config process and consuming all server filipe@digirati> memory. Normally each process consumes between 700Mb and 1Gb

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Michael Grimm
2nd idea (see below) > On 14. Aug 2022, at 21:15, Michael Grimm wrote: > > lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: > >> Yes, you are right. The problems are not of technical nature. The reason >> seems to be some sort of fear (and "admins"). >> We have all we need. We have the old dovecot config, we

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Michael Grimm
lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: > Yes, you are right. The problems are not of technical nature. The reason > seems to be some sort of fear (and "admins"). > We have all we need. We have the old dovecot config, we have the mdbox files > and the complete directory structure. We are simply not

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread justina colmena ~biz
On August 14, 2022 9:46:54 AM AKDT, lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: >Yes, you are right. The problems are not of technical nature. >... >We do what the customer wants us to do. And yes, they pay pretty well for >working on weekends. >... I'm sure there are more than enough professional mental

Aw: Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread lutz . niederer
Yes, you are right. The problems are not of technical nature. The reason seems to be some sort of fear (and "admins"). We have all we need. We have the old dovecot config, we have the mdbox files and the complete directory structure. We are simply not allowed to do all the stuff on the live

Submission auth gssapi: line too long

2022-08-14 Thread Carlos Mogas da Silva
Hey guys. Dovecot is complaining about a "Line too long" when the clients send the AUTH command with GSSAPI authentication. Known bug? # dovecot --version 2.3.19.1 (9b53102964) This is right after the EHLO command (which is after STARTTLS): [1]: No more commands pending [1]: Sending replies

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 2022-08-13 at 18:36 +0200, lutz.niede...@gmx.net wrote: > > The real problem is that we must not use the running, old dovecot > installation.  > So we are not able to connect to the old server, pull all folders and mails > and > create a new maildir structure.  Currently, we can't do

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread spi
Am 14.08.22 um 13:05 schrieb Peter: but most people will be fine with Maildir. I had to switch from Maildir to something else and chose sdbox (one file per mail) and don't remember exactly what issues I had with Maildir but I think it was somehow IMAP keywords related like moving mails from

Re: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Peter
On 14/08/22 21:47, Marc wrote: So? that is why you have this lmtp not? Afaik was mdbox created to solve the (performance) issues with mbox and maildir etc. So I just wonder what the logics is behind chosing maildir current day. maildir is probably what most people use and should continue to

Aw: RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread lutz . niederer
mdbox is a proprietary format, only dovecot can handle it (afaik). Postfix can write maildir natively, other MTAs, too. There are many tools to help in case something strange happens. I believe that using maildir seems to be not that bad. And I don't see the real benefits of mdbox. Maybe

RE: convert mdbox to maildir

2022-08-14 Thread Marc
So? that is why you have this lmtp not? Afaik was mdbox created to solve the (performance) issues with mbox and maildir etc. So I just wonder what the logics is behind chosing maildir current day. > Not sure what this had to do with the question asked. > You're using mbox, but he is using