Re: imapd hanging connections?
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Robert L. Harris wrote: On my debian unstable system I have: ii uw-imapd 2002b.debian-5 remote mail folder access server ii uw-imapd-ssl 2002b.debian-5 Dummy upgrade package for uw-imapd My wife connects to this via Mozilla from her desktop (win 2000 for now). Often she'll click the little X to close the window. When she opens a new session it usually won't allow her to connect. A ps on my mailserver shows multiple imapd's running. When I kill them off she can connect just fine. Not sure how long this has been a problem, she just told me now it's been going on for a while. Any thoughts? Sounds like a locking problem. In the mbox format one folder = one file. This means if two concurrent imap processes try to access the same folder, the second gets locked out. The workaround is to use a format like maildir where one file = one message so locking can be finer-grained. But the real question is why is mozilla mail not closing the IMAP connection on exit thus leaving stale imapds around? -- Jaldhar H. Vyas [EMAIL PROTECTED] La Salle Debain - http://www.braincells.com/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
imapd hanging connections?
On my debian unstable system I have: ii uw-imapd 2002b.debian-5 remote mail folder access server ii uw-imapd-ssl 2002b.debian-5 Dummy upgrade package for uw-imapd My wife connects to this via Mozilla from her desktop (win 2000 for now). Often she'll click the little X to close the window. When she opens a new session it usually won't allow her to connect. A ps on my mailserver shows multiple imapd's running. When I kill them off she can connect just fine. Not sure how long this has been a problem, she just told me now it's been going on for a while. Any thoughts? :wq! --- Robert L. Harris | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' msg28529/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: imapd hanging connections?
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:07:27AM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote: On my debian unstable system I have: ii uw-imapd 2002b.debian-5 remote mail folder access server ii uw-imapd-ssl 2002b.debian-5 Dummy upgrade package for uw-imapd better use the imap part of courier Be aware that courier uses maildir. My wife connects to this via Mozilla from her desktop (win 2000 for now). Often she'll click the little X to close the window. When she opens a new session it usually won't allow her to connect. A ps on my mailserver shows multiple imapd's running. When I kill them off she can connect just fine. Maybe the number of connections that are allowed from a certain IP address is limited, or the number of imapd's that can be run simultaneously is limited. Maybe it helps to reduce the max. connection time so that connections time out early and not so many imapd's are running. GH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
