4xusers imap processes?

[Kenneth Marshall]

Mike,

Many mail clients keep open multiple IMAP connections. If they
are staying around, I would leave them alone. Clients get upset
when their connections go away on them, and then they just open
a new one so the problem remains.

Ken

On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 04:56:27PM -0600, Mike Eggleston wrote:
> I run a small shop and have around ~18 users. Checking just now I have
> 70 imap processes. Is there an idle value I need to set so these process
> don't hang around? All users use sieve, all users but two use imap. The
> two remaining use pop.
> 
> -------------------------------- /etc/cyrus.conf (part)
> SERVICES {
> 	# add or remove based on preferences
> 	imap          cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=10
> 	imaps         cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=5
> 	pop3          cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=2
> 	pop3s         cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=2
> 	sieve         cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=10
> 
> 	# these are only necessary if receiving/exporting usenet via NNTP
> 	#  nntp         cmd="nntpd" listen="nntp" prefork=3
> 	#  nntps                cmd="nntpd -s" listen="nntps" prefork=1
> 
> 	# at least one LMTP is required for delivery
> 	#  lmtp         cmd="lmtpd" listen="localhost:lmtp" prefork=1
> 	lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=10
> 
> 	# this is only necessary if using notifications
> 	#  notify       cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/notify" proto="udp" prefork=1
> }
> 
> -------------------------------- /etc/cyrus.conf (part)
> 
> Mike
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