$OpenBSD: README-server,v 1.2 2013/10/20 21:01:20 sthen Exp $

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| Running dovecot-2.2.28p0 on OpenBSD
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By default, the _dovecot user, and so the Dovecot processes run in
the login(1) class of "daemon". The default limits on file descriptors
are insufficient to run Dovecot; instead you should put the _dovecot
user and processes in their own login(1) class with tuned resources.

For example, add this to the login.conf(5) file:

       dovecot:\
                :openfiles-cur=512:\
                :openfiles-max=2048:\
                :tc=daemon:

Rebuild the login.conf.db file if necessary:

	# [ -f /etc/login.conf.db ] && cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

For larger servers these numbers and memory limits (e.g. datasize
and stacksize) may also need to be increased. In particular, indexing
emails for full-text search is likely to need an increased datasize.
Please report any changes and experiences to the package maintainers
so that we can update this file for future versions.
