On 8.6.2012, at 14.12, Angel L. Mateo wrote: >> What is the real difference between client and process limit? According >> to documentation (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Services#Service_limits): >> > Sorry, it's friday, my mind is on the weekend :-( > > I understand that client_limit is how many connections (imap > connections, for example) could be handle by one dovecot process, so if I > have client_limit=2 and process_limit=1024, then I could 2048 concurrent > connections, right?
Yes, but like the wiki page also says, it's not a good idea increase client_limit for imap/pop3 processes.