Aug 9, 2011
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Normal to have multiple “dovecot/pop3-login”?

Question

I’m getting multiple instances of dovecot running on my LAMP server, which is in resulting in LFD reporting with constant emails with the following..

Time:         Mon Jun 13 05:56:34 2011 -0700
Account:      dovecot
Resource:     Process Time
Exceeded:     19811 > 1800 (seconds)
Executable:   /usr/libexec/dovecot/anvil
Command Line: dovecot/anvil [35 connections]
PID:          1621
Killed:       No

Here’s a picture of the system processes: http://i.stack.imgur.com/3ILQj.jpg

I’ve tried restarting LFD and CSF, but neither has fixed the problem.

Answer

If you are running Dovecot to provide POP or IMAP access to mail, it is normal to see many pop3-login and/or imap-login processes. These handle new client connections, and there will generally be one process for each connecting client. Some additional information is here:

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