On 7.6.2012, at 6.06, SATOH Fumiyasu wrote: >>>> Dovecot auth process has a problem >>>> that Dovecot auth delays exiting about between 20 and >>>> 60 seconds when Dovecot dovecot (master) process is already >>>> terminated by an administrator. > > Yes. I can reproduce with dovecot 1:2.1.7-1 (Debian unstable package) > with PAM passdb. This PAM environment is configured for > local UNIX passwd file only (no LDAP).
I can't reproduce this. I installed the 1:2.1.7-1 Debian unstable package. Put your dovecot.conf to /etc/dovecot/. Did: /etc/init.d/dovecot start telnet localhost 143 x login foo bar x logout /etc/init.d/dovecot stop No dovecot processes left.