Nick-14 wrote: > > Hi All, > I'm running v1.4.20 on a Linux Rackspace cloud server and > am getting a 'major' slow down on login. It takes anywhere from > 6-25mins (on one occasion it took an hour) to open the mail when > I first log in. I see that the Maildir has a lot of files (one > per message) in /new that I'm guessing have to be copied over to > the /cur directory when I login - and then all the mailboxes have > to be copied over too finishing with the 68 filter sorting - but > surely it shouldn't take 'that' much time. > > I still have an older version (1.1.4) on a different server > that works as it should. It only uses one file for 'all' messages > each named for the individual mailbox but amounting to only 27 > large files total (I believe that's called MBox) so I tried to > set the new server to do that, but it ignores the mbox settings > but it keeps creating these directories with loads of files. > Messages are not copied. They are moved from one directory to another. Maildir subdirectories should be on same file system and file move is atomic operation for single file system. If it is not, check which file system is used for mail store and look for faster/better alternatives. Make sure that your mailbox is not sorted in SquirrelMail. That way it does not depend on IMAP sort extension and unsorted INBOX folder is actually sorted by arrival time. Get folder settings plugin to use sorting only on folders that need it. If you use SquirrelMail filters plugin, set it to filter only new emails. Make sure that server side sorting is enabled in your SquirrelMail setup, if your IMAP server supports it. If you use PHP as DSO module in Apache, make sure that APC extension is enabled. Used mailbox format depends on your IMAP server and in some cases on IMAP server configuration. Check which IMAP server you are using. If you use courier and not happy about maildir performance, get dovecot and setup it to match courier namespace/folder structure. That way you can take advantage of better caching and FTS plugin at the cost of increased disk usage. Please note that Maildir format is actually faster than Mbox, if IMAP server has decent mail header cache. If you delete emails in Mbox, IMAP server must rebuild entire mail folder. If you delete mails in Maildir, it only deletes one file. -- Tomas -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Very-slow-logging-in-to-SQ-tp34252736p34254991.html Sent from the squirrelmail-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
