On 6/23/2010 12:27, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > A.L.E.C put forth on 6/23/2010 6:51 AM: >> On 23.06.2010 13:22, Rajesh M wrote: >> >>> did the tests once again on this large email box >> >> First of all, are you using one client app or many? Make sure it's not >> the client issue. You should also enable some debug to see what commands >> are sent to IMAP server and what is the response and what is response >> time. For example, there's imap_debug option in Roundcube. > > I think he's actually using Squirrelmail guys. I previously mentioned > performance I get with Roundcube+Dovecot+mbox strictly as a comparison. > That's how RC sneaked into the thread. >
When using SquirrelMail, make sure these settings are 'true': Allow server thread sort : true Allow server-side sorting : true Otherwise performance will suffer because it will do these things itself rather than letting the server do them. ~Seth