4xusers imap processes?

Rob Banz rob at nofocus.org
Wed Dec 19 18:15:59 EST 2007


Its OK that they hang around -- in fact, its encouraged.  You could  
set the -U flag on imapd, etc to "1", then the process should die  
after its first use.

-rob

On Dec 19, 2007, at 14:56, 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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