lmtp timeout

[Joost Roeleveld]

On Friday, September 16, 2011 11:59:40 AM Leena Heino wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2011, Davy HUBERT wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > By using network based connections the server work better but the
> > problem
> > still remains.
> 
> It could be that if you are using BerkeleyDB for deliver.db then the
> system is running out of locks or resources. This could cause lmtpd
> processes to end up waiting for these resources and it would mean that
> none of the lmtpd processes are listening for the new connections.
> 
> Check the logs for errors, and also you might want to limit the number of
> lmtpd processes.

Wouldn't increasing the relevant ulimit (NOFILES springs to mind) also help 
here?

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Joost