thanks, derek ... it occurs several times a day at seemingly random times ...
i've looked in /var/log/ and i can't figure out where imap is writing ... is it messages? or mail? or somewhere else? also, i don't know how to determine which imap is running ... it installed by default with engardelinux .. thanks for the continued help. --- Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are losing connection to an IMAP client it is > your IMAP server which > has the issue not Postfix. Which IMAP server are you > using? > > Does this happen at the same time every day? If so > your IMAP server may have a > cron job, or an entry in /etc/logrotate.d which is > 'tidying up' every day > and restarting the server. > > derek > > > > On Thursday 07 Nov 2002 1:59 pm, Kenn Murrah wrote: > > Greetings. > > > > > > I've just set up a postfix mail server on an > Engarde > > (community) Linux box ... The good news is that is > > works ALMOST all the time :-) > > > > > > But periodically (for no reason that I can find), > the > > mail server seems to shut down, giving the client > an > > error like "IMAP connection to server has been > broken" > > ... it's not a client issue, because when it > happens, > > ALL users attempting to access mail get a similar > > message, regardless of platform ... > > > > > > Any ideas what's wrong? I'm wondering if my linux > box > > itself (with only one NIC being used) might be > part > > of the problem ... Would the problem go away if I > used > > two NICs, one for my connection to the outside > world, > > and one for connection to my intranet??? (that may > be > > totally irrelevant, but I'm grasping at straws > here) > > .... > > > > > > And course, the answer may lie in the logs ... but > I'm > > far too much of a newbie to know what I'm looking > for > > in them... > > > > > > Any and all help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Kenn Murrah > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
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