many START and exit IMAP in messages server

[jocker]

Hi everybody,

here is a small extract form my /var/log/messages

Jun 18 00:09:47 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=15768 from=127.0.0.1
Jun 18 00:09:47 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=15768 duration=0(sec)
Jun 18 00:09:48 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=15771 from=127.0.0.1
Jun 18 00:09:48 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=15771 duration=0(sec)
Jun 18 00:10:39 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=16172 from=216.9.253.162
Jun 18 00:10:39 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=16172 duration=0(sec)
Jun 18 00:11:24 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=16442 from=216.9.253.162
Jun 18 00:11:25 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=16442 duration=1(sec)
Jun 18 00:26:13 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=18941 from=216.9.253.162
Jun 18 00:26:14 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=18941 duration=1(sec)
Jun 18 00:26:59 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=18961 from=216.9.253.162
Jun 18 00:26:59 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=18961 duration=0(sec)
Jun 18 00:27:17 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=19019 from=127.0.0.1
Jun 18 00:27:17 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=19019 duration=0(sec)
Jun 18 00:27:17 orion xinetd[4766]: START: imap pid=19021 from=127.0.0.1
Jun 18 00:27:17 orion xinetd[4766]: EXIT: imap status=0 pid=19021 duration=0(sec)

I can't find any issue on the forum and I don't know why that happen and how can I solve it.

Thank you for your help.

Jocker

 

[nobaloney]

It appears you're running the original DirectAdmin mailboxes, mbox, and not Maildir/Dovecot, and that you're not running IMAP as a daemon but rather starting it from xinetd whenever someone logs in to get email.

127.0.0.1 is a login from your local system, and 216.9.253.162 is someone logging in from somewhere else to get email.

216.9.253.162 is a blackberry system.

Jeff