I should have been more specific... I meant large as in an account with many folders, each containing up to 100-500MB worth of messages.
Smallish account s of 50-100 MB are no problem. Regards, David Gregg dgSoft Internet Services Web hosting, Email outsourcing, Dedicated and shared infrastructure solutions. (949) 584-1514 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Version 8.XX verdict? How bad is it? > Yes. Many accounts with 30+ megabyte mailboxes. > > At 06:31 PM 10/01/2003, David Gregg wrote: > > >But do you have clients that keep a large number of folders with > >hundreds/thousands of messages in several of those folders? > > > >The same accounts, accessed via IMAP have no performance issues. > > > >Move all of the folders out except the tiny ones and webmail screams as > >expected. Add back in some of the larger folders (i.e. Sent Items, > >ClientA, ClientB, ImailForum, etc..) and you are back to a crawl. > > > >Regards, > > > >David Gregg > >dgSoft Internet Services > >Web hosting, Email outsourcing, Dedicated and shared infrastructure solutions. > >(949) 584-1514 > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Scott MacLean > >To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 3:07 PM > >Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Version 8.XX verdict? How bad is it? > > > >At 04:58 PM 10/01/2003, Ryan Bohn wrote: > > > >>Here's something interesting, we were on the line with ipswitch about the > >>problems we have with imail 8.xx crashing, webmail, etc, and the fact that > >>other users are reporting it as well on this very mailing list--and they > >>didn't know about it. I guess they don't have anyone actively monitoring > >>this list. > >> > >>The support person then told us that we need to setup our server so that the > >>OS is on one physical drive, and the IMail software and data are on another > >>physical drive. He pointed it to possibly being a page file performance > >>problem. We then told him that our memory usage is very low, not even > >>consuming the physical ram, and the pagefile is very low, so that answer > >>didn't seem appropriate. After asking pointed questions on why he believes > >>it's a page file problem, he finally said that he doesn't really know if > >>that's the issue, or if we change the server if his suggestion will do > >>anything. We told him to go spend an hour talking with his higher ups and > >>come back with 3 possible solutions that are reasonable. > >> > >>In the mean time, here's the question for everyone that's reporting what OS > >>and Imail version they are using with what hardware: > >> > >>How do you have your software setup? OS and Imail on separate physical > >>drives? Same? > >W2K/SP4 Server, P4 2.4 GHz, 512 MB, dual 40 gig (software) mirrored > >drives, in two partitions. OS & pagefile on C:, IMail & Data on D:. IMail > >8.03 with KWM and Declude virus/junkmail, we have none of the issues or > >problems being reported here. > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
