Hi Remo:
That would be great. Please send the info to me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or you can send it to the list - I'm sure lots
of toaster folks would like to try it.
Thanks.
At 11:21 PM 12/19/2007, you wrote:
I just did that.. I can send you hte info of my conf for the dovecot
Remo
Jeff Koch wrote:
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> We use Bill Shupp's toaster. Would anyone know whether Dovecot is an
> easy replacement for Courier?
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> At 10:50 PM 12/19/2007, you wrote:
>> I have to second, third, and fourth that. We moved from Courier to
>> Dovecot and the performance change was dramatic. We have 5,000+
>> accounts on 2 clustered (active / active) servers utilizing GFS for
>> the file system on a SAS SAN and the fact that Dovecot had built in
>> support for clustered setups was a major plus. Had a few issues off
>> the bat with POP3 UID's but quickly fixed that one thanks to Dovecots
>> easy to change UID definitions. Don't think I'll ever change back.
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>> --
>> Ed McLain
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>> From: Rick Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: <vchkpw@inter7.com>
>> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:08:54 -0600
>> To: <vchkpw@inter7.com>
>> Conversation: [vchkpw] [OT] IMAP Servers: Dovecot or Binc?
>> Subject: Re: [vchkpw] [OT] IMAP Servers: Dovecot or Binc?
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>> On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 11:11 -0800, Tom Collins wrote:
>> > Courier-IMAP seems to be putting a heavy load on my server when
>> > someone accesses a mailbox with a large number of messages in it.
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>> > What's the preferred IMAP server for a machine that will have 100-200
>> > connections (plan for growth...) but may have an occasional mailbox
>> > with 1000+ messages in it. I've searched the archives and tried to
>> > google for "imap server performance" and "imap server comparison" but
>> > haven't come up with much after an hour.
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>> > My impression is that Dovecot performs well, better than courier, but
>> > I'm wondering if anyone can offer up some real-world numbers to help
>> > me make my decision.
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>> Dovecot has really come out in the past year or so. I started with .99,
>> I upgraded from Courier, but honestly it wasn't really up to date.
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>> Dovecot's indexing showed an immediate improvement on large mailboxes.
>> With 1.0.5, the only issue I have is with a few older Mac clients. For
>> me this affects about 4 out of 450 clients total.
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>> I don't have any numbers, but I've had at least 1500 messages in my
>> INBOX, not including subfolders, with great performance. The change was
>> so dramatic I didn't need any numbers.
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>> Rick
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> Best Regards,
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> Jeff Koch, Intersessions
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Best Regards,
Jeff Koch, Intersessions
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