> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:courier-imap- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:12 AM > To: courier-imap@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Courier-imap] Large Subfolder Problem > > On 5/13/2008, Sam Stern ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I've had this problem as well. Thunderbird starts choking when more than a > > few thousand messages are there. Outlook 2003 or 2007 can handle this load > > however -- given enough time to download the headers. > > When using courier-imap, yes, Ive seen this too... > > But one client, where some users have 20K+ message folders, but who > switched to dovecot, do *not* have this problem, once dovecot has built > its indexes. In fact, it takes less time for dovecot to index a 20k+ > folder than it does for courier-imap to serve up a folder with 5k messages. > > Once the indexes are built - well, dovecot just leaves courier in the > dust... sorry Sam, but it is true, and you have said more than once in > the past that you have no intention of adding an indexing feature to > courier-imap... why, I have no idea... > > And dovecot 1.1 is even considerably faster still. > > There are still some features that dovecot lacks (but those are being > added fairly quickly), but even so, I'm migrating all of my clients to > dovecot now and advising anyone I talk to to use it instead. >
Hi Simon, Just a QuickNote(tm) here. I'm Sam Stern. I am NOT Sam Varshavchik. I'm NOT the author of Courier-MTA or any of its components; Sam V. not Sam S. is the author of Courier-MTA. The context of your message seems to indicate you've gotten the two Sam's confused ;> Sam S. (Note that last name....) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list Courier-imap@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
