On 9/25/06, Paul A. Franz, P.E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have that problem too. But only when there the account has a lot of e-mail > in it. A > nearly empty account is fast. The problem is that the IMAP server is slow. > The way to > verify this is to run top in a teminal window and then check mail. You'll see > all the > wait time is due to slow IMAP. I'm running UW IMAP so I thought I'd do a > little > research to see if Courier or some other IMAP server solves the problem. My > research > shows that possibly another one is a little faster but the problem doesn't go > away > with any of them.
Yeah, but UW is probably the last IMAP server you want to run if you really want a solid, fast, and full featured mail server. Using maildir instead of mailbox is also a factor. > > 5. If you use imapproxy, check proxy debugging options. > > When would one run an imap proxy? How and why would you do that? For explanation, please see http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelMailPerformance > Apparently, this behavior is normal and some say that IMAP usage, say with > SM, just Have you tried SM 1.5 (development stream)? It's got some large speed improvements for the situation you describe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: [email protected] List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
