Dovecot impatient with mysql?

[George Kontostanos]

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> It seems dovecot is impatient with connecting with mysql, as I see in
> maillog entries like:
>
> Apr  6 11:48:30 z9m9z dovecot: dict: Error: mysql(localhost): Connect failed
> to database (postfix): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) - waiting for 5 seconds before retry
> Apr  6 11:48:35 z9m9z dovecot: dict: Error: mysql(localhost): Connect failed
> to database (postfix): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) - waiting for 25 seconds before retry
>
> I suspect it does connect eventually.  This is a test system with only 1GB
> of memory and free reports:
>
>               total        used        free      shared buff/cache available
> Mem:        1025484      696344       24556 21528      304584      251552
> Swap:        524284       92168      432116
>
>
> The production box has 2GB, so if the problem is mysql is swapping out, that
> will be 'fixed', if it is processor, well this is an ARMv7 duo core, as is
> the production box.  I am considering buying the new quad core.
>
> Is there anything I can do to get dovecot more patient with mysql, or just
> ignore there messages?
>
> thank you

I really don't understand how you reached to the conclusion that
dovecot is impatient.

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George Kontostanos
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