On 9/25/06, Paul A. Franz, P.E. <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
