Try /var/log/syslog for imapd messages > 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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