> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 12:02:20 -1000
> From: Clifton Royston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:01:01PM -0600, Kip Turk wrote:
> > I installed Qpopper4.0.3 today with the following options:
> > 
> > ./configure  --enable-debugging --enable-servermode --enable-specialauth
> > --disable-shy --enable-hash-spool=2 --with-log-facility=LOG_LOCAL0
> > --enable-timing --enable-temp-drop-dir=/var/poptemp --with-drac

[...snip...]
> 
> The cache files store the precomputed UIDLs on messages in the mailbox,
> and some similar information, so that qpopper does not need to scan the
> mailbox every time it's invoked if there are no new messages.  I'm not
> sure if you can disable it - there's probably a way - but if you do it
> will slow down your qpopper startup times and put extra load on your
> system.  In general, caches are good, and these files are small so
> shouldn't be eating up unnecessary amounts of disk space.

Actually, what you really want to do is to put the cache dir on another
spindle and then leave it alone - unless your temp-drop-dir is *truly*
small. This increases your throughput and splits the I/O load.

For instance, on our main mail server with 2,200 users, the drop dir is
only a WHOPPING 20.2K in size...

Regards,
Gregory Hicks

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