On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Mailing List SVR <li...@svrinformatica.it> wrote: > Il 02/07/2012 16:34, Kaya Saman ha scritto: > >> Hi, >> >> though this is a bit of a side question, has anybody had an issue >> while running Outlook 2010 with Dovecot? >> >> The reason why I am asking is that I have setup a Dovecot 2.1.7 server >> on FreeBSD which works fantastically with Thunderbird but Outlook >> seems to be twice as slow in transferring information across?? >> >> >> # dovecot -n >> # 2.1.7: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >> # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE amd64 >> auth_debug = yes >> auth_mechanisms = plain ntlm login >> auth_use_winbind = yes >> auth_username_format = %n >> auth_verbose = yes >> auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/local/bin/ntlm_auth >> disable_plaintext_auth = no >> info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log >> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log >> mail_gid = mail_user >> mail_home = /mail/AD_Mail/%Ld/%Ln >> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir >> mail_uid = mail_user >> passdb { >> args = failure_show_msg=yes >> driver = pam >> } >> pop3_fast_size_lookups = yes >> pop3_lock_session = yes >> pop3_no_flag_updates = yes >> protocols = imap pop3 >> ssl = no >> userdb { >> driver = static >> } >> >> >> >> >> Since (like most corporate organizations out there) we solely run >> Outlook coupled to Exchange, this excersize was meant to be a way of >> getting rid of PST files. We don't run out own Exchange however, and >> don't have any control over it either. >> >> >> My workaround was to simply use the Outlook GUI space to transfer >> emails between Exchange and Dovecot running the IMAPv4 protocol. >> >> >> For whatever reason Outlook is being really garbage about dealing with >> stuff and since I don't know Outlook or MS products very well (being >> your typical average OpenSource guy) I was wondering if there were any >> tweaks that could be made within Outlook to speed it up or in Dovecot >> to work better with Outlook? >> >> >> I guess one could get sidetracked into the argument of mdbox vs. >> Maildir from my config however, Thunderbird is really fast and >> transfers large amounts of data really easily. Reaches round 130Mbps >> using nload performance grapher, while Outlook only manages ~50kbps >> but spikes at 2-3Mbps on occassion. > > > Try to understand (from dovecot logs) if there are difference between > outlook and thunderbird, for example outlook connect over ssl and > thunderbird no ecc.. > > Nicola > > >> >>
> > Hi Nicola, there is no specific difference apart from seeing many of these errors: Jun 26 15:10:11 imap(<user>): Error: Index /mail/AD_Mail//<user>/Maildir/.Archive/dovecot.index: Lost log for seq=2 offset=77008 Jun 26 15:10:11 imap(<user>): Warning: fscking index file /mail/AD_Mail//<user>/Maildir/.Archive/dovecot.index Jun 26 15:10:11 imap(<user>): Error: Fixed index file /mail/AD_Mail//<user>/Maildir/.Archive/dovecot.index: log_file_seq 2 -> 3 Jun 26 15:10:26 auth: Error: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0xa2088207 Jun 26 15:10:26 auth: Error: Got user=[<user>] domain=[] workstation=[WKS-41] len1=24 len2=278 Jun 26 15:10:26 auth: Error: Login for user []\[<user>]@[WKS-41] failed due to [Reading winbind reply failed!] Jun 26 15:10:32 auth: Error: Got NTLMSSP neg_flags=0xa2088207 Regards, Kaya