[arch-general] Dovecot imap processes pinning CPU

[Andreas Radke]

Am Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:34:56 -0500
schrieb David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net>:

> 
> 
> David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> > In recent days, dovecot's "imap" processes keep getting stuck.
> > Each time I check my server there's a bunch of "imap" processes
> > (sometimes 2 of them, sometimes 4, sometimes 6) that are using all
> > of the box's CPU.
> 
> Interesting ... seems like the processes start to hang when I *close* 
> Thunderbird.  WTF?!?!?
> 
[root at server64 andyrtr]# ps aux | grep dovecot
dovecot    826  0.0  0.0  12132  2220 ?        S    01:33   0:00 imap-login
root      3349  0.0  0.0   7116   688 ?        Ss   Dec01   0:16 /usr/sbin/dovecot
root      3355  0.0  0.0  53924  2560 ?        S    Dec01   0:05 dovecot-auth
dovecot   3393  0.0  0.0  12120  1920 ?        S    Dec01   0:00 pop3-login
dovecot   3394  0.0  0.0  12120  1916 ?        S    Dec01   0:00 pop3-login
dovecot   3395  0.0  0.0  12120  1916 ?        S    Dec01   0:00 pop3-login
dovecot   8767  0.0  0.0  12132  1928 ?        S    10:33   0:00 imap-login
dovecot   8780  0.0  0.0  12132  1924 ?        S    10:34   0:00 imap-login
dovecot  10870  0.0  0.0  12132  1924 ?        S    12:57   0:00 imap-login
root     10871  0.0  0.0  53924  2520 ?        S    12:57   0:00 dovecot-auth -w
root     10952  0.0  0.0   9564  1004 pts/0    S+   13:02   0:00 grep dovecot
[root at server64 andyrtr]# ps aux | grep imap
dovecot    826  0.0  0.0  12132  2220 ?        S    01:33   0:00 imap-login
dovecot   8767  0.0  0.0  12132  1928 ?        S    10:33   0:00 imap-login
dovecot   8780  0.0  0.0  12132  1924 ?        S    10:34   0:00 imap-login
dovecot  10870  0.0  0.0  12132  1924 ?        S    12:57   0:00 imap-login
andyrtr  10872  0.0  0.0   9232  1800 ?        S    12:57   0:00 imap

looks ok here using 2 claws-mail clients. maybe it's indeed Thunderbird.

-Andy