On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, mike ledoux wrote:
> my inbox has 23481 messages in it right now in a 495166727 byte
> mbox--performance is fine with mbox ...
Really? Wow. Is that a single-user system where the whole mailbox can
fit into RAM, or something? One of our customers has been hitting numbers
like that, and performance sucks. It appears to be a combination of mailbox
format (mbox), size of mailboxes (multiple mailboxes in the 100+ MB range)
IMAP server implementation (UW), and client software behavior (MS Outlook
and friends), but whatever the exact cause, it appears to be pathological.
We've been considering Cyrus IMAP, maildir format, and possibly a better
filesystem (ReiserFS, most likely).
> How does the quote go? 'There are seldom good technological solutions
> to social problems.'
"There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
-- Ed Crowley
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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