[BlueOnyx:17927] Re: dovecot proble "Worker process died unexpectedly"

[Gerald Waugh]

On 06/29/2015 02:19 PM, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Gerald,
>
>> Jun 29 07:44:27 /host/// dovecot: auth: Error: auth worker: Aborted
>> PASSV request for email_user: Worker process died unexpectedly
>> Jun 29 07:44:29 /host/// dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth
>> failed, 1 attempts in 2 secs): user=<email_user>, method=PLAIN,
>> rip=1.2.3.4, lip=5.6.7.8, session=<2B1Hc6cZrgDRygR3>
> Restart Dovecot and see if that fixes it:
>
> /sbin/service dovecot restart
>
restarting dovecot fixes, but why does it happen?
server is 5106R running fail2ban