At 3:24 PM -0400 4/16/02, Tim Meader wrote: >believe it or not many have their Eudora setup to autocheck every >minute. This is unacceptable with almost 2000 users per machine. >Especially considering that they regularly keep messages on server >as well for a period of at least 5 days.
Make sure you're using the latest version (4.0.4) and have enabled server mode. That way Qpopper keeps a cache file between mail checks, so in the vast majority of those 1-minute POP checks, it won't have to read the spool at all (just the cache). That should make a *huge* difference. (Of course, don't enable server mode for users that access the spool through any means other than POP.) > I know that I've seen other institutions implement such >restrictions, and you are sent an error message via standard POP >protocol it appears, which Eudora displays in the status telling you >you are checking mail too often. THis is more than sufficient. Any >help or recommendations would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in >advance. Qpopper does support the LOGIN-DELAY CAPA tag, which informs clients of the minimum mail permitted mail check interval. However, I don't think Eudora currently pays attention to this. If support for LOGIN-DELAY would be important to you, be sure to let the Eudora people know this. If you use some other client, let them know. Qpopper doesn't currently enforce LOGIN-DELAY, but that wouldn't be a terribly difficult patch. But try 4.0.4 server mode first, and see if that helps enough.
