IMAP is processor intensiv. If someone copies a large amount of mails or a large mail 
via IMAP, it uses up the processor completely for a long time. Use a two processor 
machine or more.

Hermann

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> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 3:46 AM
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> Subject: [IMail Forum] Imap performance
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> I recently began evaluating Imail and noticed that Imap seems to 
> be a processor hog. It also seems to be slower at listing headers 
> and downloading messages than other servers I have tested. Is this 
> typical? Are there any settings I can tweak to improve 
> performance? I searched the listserv archives at mail-archive and 
> the ipswitch knowledgebase, but I didn't find anything definitive.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin Carpenter 
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