[BlueOnyx:03233] Re: Dovecot logins fail suddenly

[Darrell D. Mobley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it]
> On Behalf Of Robert Fitzpatrick
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 12:13 PM
> To: blueOnyx
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:03230] Dovecot logins fail suddenly
> 
> Every few weeks, logins for Dovecot POP3 and IMAP start failing all of a
> sudden. I thought it was time related as they mostly occur in the early
> morning hours, but once it happened during the day. I see authentication
> errors in the mail log for all users, restart saslauthd and dovecot, all
> is well again. This has happened 3 or 4 times now, does anyone know what
> causes this issue?

Robert,

Are you running Compass Network's DFIX?  DFIX will help mitigate issues with
Dovecot like this.