Its OK that they hang around -- in fact, its encouraged. You could
set the -U flag on imapd, etc to "1", then the process should die
after its first use.
-rob
On Dec 19, 2007, at 14:56, Mike Eggleston wrote:
> I run a small shop and have around ~18 users. Checking just now I have
> 70 imap processes. Is there an idle value I need to set so these
> process
> don't hang around? All users use sieve, all users but two use imap.
> The
> two remaining use pop.
>
> -------------------------------- /etc/cyrus.conf (part)
> SERVICES {
> # add or remove based on preferences
> imap cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=10
> imaps cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=5
> pop3 cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=2
> pop3s cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=2
> sieve cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=10
>
> # these are only necessary if receiving/exporting usenet via NNTP
> # nntp cmd="nntpd" listen="nntp" prefork=3
> # nntps cmd="nntpd -s" listen="nntps" prefork=1
>
> # at least one LMTP is required for delivery
> # lmtp cmd="lmtpd" listen="localhost:lmtp" prefork=1
> lmtpunix cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp"
> prefork=10
>
> # this is only necessary if using notifications
> # notify cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/notify"
> proto="udp" prefork=1
> }
>
> -------------------------------- /etc/cyrus.conf (part)
>
> Mike
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