> >> Is there something I am missing? > > > > $allow_thread_sort and $allow_server_sort settings in SquirrelMail > > config > > Difference one: > > 11. Allow server-side sorting : false So you had at least one option slowing down server. > (is set to true on the fast server and is now true on both setups, > but the localhost is still much slower). > > > sort setting in user preferences. > > > > If IMAP servers are on different machines, name of IMAP server. If > > it is courier, are fam or gamin services enabled. > > They are on different machines, the 'fast' one used the FQDN of the > server, the 'slow' one used localhost. Not sure what fam and gamin > refer to, so a tentative 'no'? http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/ports/devel/gamin http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/ports/devel/fam > > used session handler > > ??? session.save_handler setting. If you don't know what I am talking about, then session information is stored in files. > > any setup difference which makes connection or file access or > > session operations > > remote on slow machine and local on fast machine. > > But the behavior is opposite. Fast on remote and slow on localhost; > that is what is so puzzling. Is ident server working? Are you sure that ident lookups are turned off in imap server's configuration? > The only real difference I can find is that the 'fast' server is > accessed via a root level url (http://sm.covisp.net/) instead of a > subdirectory (http://akane.covisp.net/ssm/) but I can't think why > this would make such a difference in speed. > > Is there anything in the php.ini that could be a problem? I looked > through them and really didn't spot anything. The 'fast' server has > the memory_limit se to 8M and the 'slow' one has it set to 16M, > that's about it. Changing both to 16M did not help the speed > (although changing the 'slow' one to 8M caused it to error out). Are you sure that server side sorting is turned on on slow server? Memory issues usually happen on php based sorting. How many SquirrelMail installs you have on slow server? -- Tomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ -- 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
