Re: [Dovecot] lot's of timeouts
Timo Sirainen schrieb: > On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator wrote: > We use the original RH dovecot-1.0.7, mbox-format and mailboxes up to 4 GB ... (historicaly grown ...) >>> Have you set mbox_very_dirty_syncs=yes? >> grep mbox_very_dirty_syncs /etc/dovecot.conf >> #mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no >> >> so, I think "no" is the default. >> >> Setting this to "yes" is may be faster? > > Are you using Dovecot deliver? If not, setting this to "yes" will help a lot. Nop, grep procmail /etc/mail/sendmail.mc define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH', `/usr/bin/procmail')dnl FEATURE(local_procmail, `', `procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl MAILER(procmail)dnl > >>> Anything in logs? Anyway my guess is that it spends all the time reading >>> those 4 GB mailboxes.. >>> >> With that guess, you are not the only one ... beside my guts ... ;-) >> >> If I do have the time, I'd like to switch over to e.g. maildir > > Yeah, maildir would be a good idea. 2010... /Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reini...@filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Claudia Hübner Staatsrätin für Demographischen Wandel und für Senioren im Staatsministerium Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt
Re: [Dovecot] lot's of timeouts
On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator wrote: >>> We use the original RH dovecot-1.0.7, mbox-format and mailboxes up to 4 >>> GB ... (historicaly grown ...) >> >> Have you set mbox_very_dirty_syncs=yes? > > grep mbox_very_dirty_syncs /etc/dovecot.conf > #mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no > > so, I think "no" is the default. > > Setting this to "yes" is may be faster? Are you using Dovecot deliver? If not, setting this to "yes" will help a lot. >> Anything in logs? Anyway my guess is that it spends all the time reading >> those 4 GB mailboxes.. >> > > With that guess, you are not the only one ... beside my guts ... ;-) > > If I do have the time, I'd like to switch over to e.g. maildir Yeah, maildir would be a good idea.
Re: [Dovecot] lot's of timeouts
Hi Timo, Timo Sirainen schrieb: > On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator wrote: > >> But the mailclients (mostly thunderbird and apple mail) still reporte >> the timeouts by accessing the mailboxes. >> >> The server is doing smtp, imap/pop3, webmailsystem and >> spam/antivirus-checking all together. (RH EL 5, sendmail, horde, mysql, >> mailscanner, spamassassin) >> >> We use the original RH dovecot-1.0.7, mbox-format and mailboxes up to 4 >> GB ... (historicaly grown ...) > > Have you set mbox_very_dirty_syncs=yes? grep mbox_very_dirty_syncs /etc/dovecot.conf #mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no so, I think "no" is the default. Setting this to "yes" is may be faster? > >> So where to start debugging the imap/pop3 timeouts? What information may >> I provide, which doc may I read? > > Anything in logs? Anyway my guess is that it spends all the time reading > those 4 GB mailboxes.. > With that guess, you are not the only one ... beside my guts ... ;-) If I do have the time, I'd like to switch over to e.g. maildir /Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reini...@filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Claudia Hübner Staatsrätin für Demographischen Wandel und für Senioren im Staatsministerium Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt
Re: [Dovecot] lot's of timeouts
On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator wrote: > But the mailclients (mostly thunderbird and apple mail) still reporte > the timeouts by accessing the mailboxes. > > The server is doing smtp, imap/pop3, webmailsystem and > spam/antivirus-checking all together. (RH EL 5, sendmail, horde, mysql, > mailscanner, spamassassin) > > We use the original RH dovecot-1.0.7, mbox-format and mailboxes up to 4 > GB ... (historicaly grown ...) Have you set mbox_very_dirty_syncs=yes? > So where to start debugging the imap/pop3 timeouts? What information may > I provide, which doc may I read? Anything in logs? Anyway my guess is that it spends all the time reading those 4 GB mailboxes..
[Dovecot] lot's of timeouts
Hi, since some time ago we do have a lot of "timeouts" connecting to our imap/po3 server. This week I switched the whole system to a new dual quadcore xeon, 24GB RAM, SAS2 RAID-10. (SUN Fire 4170) But the mailclients (mostly thunderbird and apple mail) still reporte the timeouts by accessing the mailboxes. The server is doing smtp, imap/pop3, webmailsystem and spam/antivirus-checking all together. (RH EL 5, sendmail, horde, mysql, mailscanner, spamassassin) We use the original RH dovecot-1.0.7, mbox-format and mailboxes up to 4 GB ... (historicaly grown ...) So where to start debugging the imap/pop3 timeouts? What information may I provide, which doc may I read? Thanks for helping me to find and fix the problem. Best regards Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reini...@filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Claudia Hübner Staatsrätin für Demographischen Wandel und für Senioren im Staatsministerium Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt
