On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Alain Spineux <aspineux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Jeff Larsen <jlar310@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I run cyrus imap in a virtual machine at home using fetchmail to pull > > my ISP mail into a local imap store. For the most part it works great. > > But with messages that have digital photo attachments it takes a > > seemingly inappropriate long time for Thunderbird to download the > > message (over local wired 100Mb network) and display the pictures. > > > > I've got plenty of memory overhead on both the virtual machine and the > > VMware Server host. While in the process of downloading an image > > email, the CPU usage goes higher than I would expect (20%) for a > > simple file transfer. It takes 10-15 seconds to load a message with 3 > > images totaling 5MB over non-encrypted port 143. It's 2 or 3 times > > that long if I use imaps on 993. > > > > The VMware host is a 2GHz Pentium, with very little load from other processes. > > First I thing about a probleme with Vmware or hardware (disk access or network) > > Find the file that match your email in your imap spool, and try to > download/upload it using > scp on your workstation, and measure the time. 4 seconds via sftp (with encryption) vs. 24 seconds (I measured more precisely) via Thunderbird imap without encryption. > Also try using imap client on your server, and other imap client .... Squirrelmail on localhost:. very fast, in the blink of an eye, likewise with Outlook Express (perish the thought). So I guess it's Thunderbird. That sucks. I guess I'll take this to a Thunderbird forum. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Some days after troubleshooting everyone else's computer problems, there's nothing left in the tank for my own... -- Jeff ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
