Date:  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:05:59 -0500
From:  "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh (at mark) frontstreetnetworks.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:05874] Re: Dovecot problems
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <054101c69921$4ad0b480$0301a8c0@Jerrycp>
In-Reply-To:  <041901c69912$471b7280$0e00a8c0 (at mark) office.swiftinter.net>
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> 
> Got a serious problem on the Nuonce bluequartz 4.3
> 
> Our POP3 is timing out
> 
> The maillog is getting a string of messages from Dovecot:
> 
> Jun 26 12:13:41 swift6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: 
> method=PLAIN, rip=xx.xxx.xxx.xx, lip=xx.xx.xx.xx
> Jun 26 12:13:41 swift6 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: 
> method=PLAIN, rip=xx.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=xx.xx.xx.xx
> 
> Any ideas?

Try restarting dovecot.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot restart...
Worked for us.

Gerald