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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/mail.scm17
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index d4178ce9ea..c74351dd87 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -14364,6 +14364,15 @@ Number of connections to handle before starting a new process.
Typically the only useful values are 0 (unlimited) or 1. 1 is more
secure, but 0 is faster. <doc/wiki/LoginProcess.txt>.
Defaults to @samp{1}.
+
+@end deftypevr
+
+@deftypevr {@code{service-configuration} parameter} non-negative-integer process-limit
+Maximum number of processes that can exist for this service. If set to
+0, @code{default-process-limit} is used instead.
+
+Defaults to @samp{0}.
+
@end deftypevr
@deftypevr {@code{service-configuration} parameter} non-negative-integer process-min-avail
diff --git a/gnu/services/mail.scm b/gnu/services/mail.scm
index abc1c15cfe..dfbdf6d6cc 100644
--- a/gnu/services/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/mail.scm
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ used instead.")
"Number of connections to handle before starting a new process.
Typically the only useful values are 0 (unlimited) or 1. 1 is more
secure, but 0 is faster. <doc/wiki/LoginProcess.txt>.")
+ (process-limit
+ (non-negative-integer 0)
+ "Maximum number of processes that can exist for this service. If set to 0,
+@code{default-process-limit} is used instead.")
(process-min-avail
(non-negative-integer 0)
"Number of processes to always keep waiting for more connections.")
@@ -482,6 +486,7 @@ complex, customize the address and port fields of the
(service-configuration
(kind "imap-login")
(client-limit 0)
+ (process-limit 0)
(listeners
(list
(inet-listener-configuration (protocol "imap") (port 143) (ssl? #f))
@@ -495,14 +500,17 @@ complex, customize the address and port fields of the
(service-configuration
(kind "lmtp")
(client-limit 1)
+ (process-limit 0)
(listeners
(list (unix-listener-configuration (path "lmtp") (mode "0666")))))
(service-configuration
(kind "imap")
- (client-limit 1))
+ (client-limit 1)
+ (process-limit 1024))
(service-configuration
(kind "pop3")
- (client-limit 1))
+ (client-limit 1)
+ (process-limit 1024))
(service-configuration (kind "auth")
;; In what could be taken to be a bug, the default value of 1 for
;; service-count makes it so that a PAM auth worker can't fork off
@@ -514,14 +522,17 @@ complex, customize the address and port fields of the
;; 30.
(service-count 30)
(client-limit 0)
+ (process-limit 1)
(listeners
(list (unix-listener-configuration (path "auth-userdb")))))
(service-configuration
(kind "auth-worker")
- (client-limit 1))
+ (client-limit 1)
+ (process-limit 0))
(service-configuration
(kind "dict")
(client-limit 1)
+ (process-limit 0)
(listeners (list (unix-listener-configuration (path "dict")))))))
"List of services to enable. Available services include @samp{imap},
@samp{imap-login}, @samp{pop3}, @samp{pop3-login}, @samp{auth}, and