but the problem is that at times my server access is so slow and when i killall imapd , it seems as if server is back to normal. i guess current version of imap is not able to bear the burden of 70-80 imap users!!?
amit --- Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit Sharma wrote: > > well ... ps aux|grep imap shows 10-15 output. > > Which is fine and perfectly normal in most network > services, whether it > is pop3 server or smtp server or http server or any > network service > which is either multithreaded or multiprocessed or > is launched using > inetd/xinetd. If multiple imap listing while running > ps is what is > causing you to think about upgrade, then i am afraid > nothing else will > help you either. > > Just try running top on a console and watch it for a > while - if you have > the same machine running samba or pop3 services, you > will see over time > different processes of the same program coming up in > the listing. The > only difference will be the second column from the > left which shows the > uid under which the process is running. I repeat, > this is perfectly normal. > > > > > but core question is how to upgrade IMAP (if it > can be > > upgraded) and/or how to configure for optimum > usage. > > What is optimum for you? What is the problem that > you think you are facing? > a. Are you seeing higher system load? > b. are you facing disk-thrashing (high swap usage)? > How much memory do > you have in that case? > c. Do you think the clients are actually facing > difficulties in > connection/speed while fetching mail? > > - Sandip > > > -- > Sandip Bhattacharya > http://www.sandipb.net > sandip at puroga.com > Puroga Technologies Pvt. Ltd. > http://www.puroga.com > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
