> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Andreas Aardal Hanssen > Sent: 03 August 2003 13:29 > To: Binc IMAP Server > Subject: Re: [bincimap] Migration from courier > > > Hi, Robin, > > On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Robin Bowes wrote: > >I'm in the process of migrating to binc from courier. I run my own redhat > >8.0 box at home to handle mail for my domain (qmail/vpopmail) and use > >outlook 2000 on my local PC and squirrelmail on the same server > to access my > >mail remotely. > >I've run into one "problem" and have a suggestion for how to fix it. > >When each folder is first accessed by binc, two new files are > created in the > >folder Maildir: bincimap-uidvalidity and bincimap-cache. This is > fine, but > >it takes a long time when a folder containing thousands of messages is > >accessed. To compound this, when squirrelmail starts it checks all > >subscribed folders for new messages. These two new files must be > created for > >every folder that has not been accessed before and, frankly, it takes too > >long! > > The cache files are always created when a mailbox is selected in 1.1.8. > The unreleased 1.1.9 only creates this cache file if there is none > already, or if the mailbox state changed during the session. > > Now, if SquirrelMail does a SELECT on all folders the first time one logs > in, then that is a serious design error with Squirrel. It can get all info > it needs from STATUS, which is a cheap operation, rather than SELECT which > is expensive.
I suspect that it is something else that is causing the problem, like a configuration setting, or similar. > > I would like to see the communication between SquirrelMail and Binc IMAP. > That would make it easier to debug this situation. I will make such a > trace on my own system, but it seems fast so I'm not sure I will find > anything useful. > > If you can, please provide a trace (using recordio or similar). :-) If you can tell me how to do it then yes, no problem :o) (I'm reasonably competent, but I've not used recordio before) > > >My suggestion is to create an administrative utility that can be run in > >batch mode from the command line that will create these files. Does that > >sound like a reasonable suggestion? > > I hope we can avoid this. :-) Me too! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.506 / Virus Database: 303 - Release Date: 01/08/2003
