Lots of processes created by dovecot

wardpeet

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So I just did a ps aux | less and I saw there were a lot of processes running.

So how do I lower the amount of processes or if this is a good thing than tell me too.


xxxx = a directadmin user
yyyy = anoterh directadmin user

userA = [email protected]
userB= [email protected]
...

MY config file
Code:
## Dovecot 2.0 configuration file

#IPv4
listen = *

#IPv4 and IPv6:
#listen = *, ::

auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@&
auth_verbose = yes
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
ssl = required
login_greeting = Mailserver ready.
mail_access_groups = mail
default_login_user = ----
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
passdb {
  driver = shadow
}
passdb {
  args = username_format=--------
  driver = ----
}
protocols = imap pop3
service auth {
  user = root
}
service imap-login {
  process_min_avail = 16
  user = dovecot
}
service pop3-login {
  process_min_avail = 16
  user = dovecot
}
ssl_cert = ----
ssl_cipher_list = ----
ssl_key = ----
userdb {
  driver = -----
}
userdb {
  args = username_format=-----
  driver = -----
}
verbose_proctitle = yes

protocol pop3 {
  pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
  pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s, bytes=%i/%o
}

Code:
dovecot  13566  0.0  0.3  44844  3304 ?        S    08:53   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  13779  0.0  0.3  44844  3300 ?        S    09:20   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  13781  0.0  0.3  44844  3300 ?        S    09:20   0:01 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
xxxx    13782  0.0  0.3  49424  4080 ?        S    09:20   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20 IDLE]
dovecot  13783  0.0  0.3  44844  3300 ?        S    09:20   0:03 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
xxxx    13784  0.0  0.3  48112  3648 ?        S    09:20   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected]  25.35.36.20]
xxxx    13786  0.0  0.3  48284  3668 ?        S    09:20   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected]  25.35.36.20]
xxxx    13788  0.0  0.3  48284  3724 ?        S    09:20   0:02 dovecot/imap [[email protected]  25.35.36.20]
dovecot  14647  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    10:56   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  14795  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    11:09   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  15066  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    11:33   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  17802  0.0  0.2  44680  2952 ?        S    12:49   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  18477  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    13:44   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  19464  0.0  0.3  44816  3296 ?        S    15:35   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  19584  0.0  0.3  44844  3296 ?        S    15:50   0:01 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  19586  0.0  0.3  44844  3296 ?        S    15:50   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  19619  0.0  0.3  44844  3300 ?        S    15:55   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
xxxx    19735  0.0  0.3  48048  3116 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20 IDLE]
dovecot  19738  0.0  0.3  44816  3296 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  19740  0.0  0.3  44816  3296 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
xxxx    19741  0.0  0.2  47828  2852 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20]
xxxx    19743  0.0  0.3  48048  3360 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20]
xxxx    19745  0.0  0.5  52620  5124 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20 IDLE]
dovecot  19746  0.0  0.3  44844  3292 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
xxxx    19747  0.0  0.2  47828  2852 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20]
xxxx    19749  0.0  0.3  48436  3776 ?        S    16:09   0:01 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20 IDLE]
xxxx    19751  0.0  0.3  48064  3264 ?        S    16:09   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 25.35.36.20]
dovecot  19753  0.0  0.3  44844  3292 ?        S    16:10   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  22071  0.0  0.2  44684  2952 ?        S    16:35   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22072  0.0  0.2  44684  2952 ?        S    16:35   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22090  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    16:36   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22144  0.0  0.2  44684  2952 ?        S    16:40   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22153  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    16:41   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22157  0.0  0.3  44844  3288 ?        S    16:41   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
dovecot  22159  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    16:41   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
xxxx    22161  0.0  0.3  51692  4068 ?        S    16:41   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 188.189.23.29]
xxxx    22162  0.0  0.3  48048  3160 ?        S    16:41   0:00 dovecot/imap [[email protected] 188.189.23.29]
dovecot  22183  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    16:44   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22234  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    16:48   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22250  0.0  0.2  44680  2952 ?        S    16:49   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22252  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    16:50   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22270  0.0  0.2  44680  2952 ?        S    16:51   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22324  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    16:55   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22859  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    16:57   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22889  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    17:00   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22899  0.0  0.2  44680  2952 ?        S    17:00   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22955  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    17:05   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22956  0.0  0.2  44684  2952 ?        S    17:05   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22967  0.0  0.3  44844  3300 ?        S    17:06   0:00 dovecot/imap-login [1 connections (1 TLS)]
yyyy   22972  0.0  0.3  48072  3404 ?        S    17:06   0:00 dovecot/imap [userD@domainB 96.63..15.24 IDLE]
dovecot  22975  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    17:07   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22979  0.0  0.2  44680  2952 ?        S    17:08   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22980  0.0  0.2  44680  2952 ?        S    17:08   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22992  0.0  0.2  44680  2952 ?        S    17:09   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  22995  0.0  0.2  44684  2952 ?        S    17:10   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  22996  0.0  0.2  44684  2956 ?        S    17:10   0:00 dovecot/imap-login
dovecot  23001  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    17:10   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  23002  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    17:10   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
dovecot  23005  0.0  0.2  44680  2948 ?        S    17:11   0:00 dovecot/pop3-login
 
Looks normal to me. You can change the value of process_min_avail to a lower number to spawn less daemons.
 
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