[Dovecot] TLS / SSL login with Thunderbird very slow ?

[Giuliano Gavazzi]

On S 24 Jan, 2009, at 20:50 , Matthias Andree wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, Marko Weber | Salondigital.de wrote:
>
>> Hi ,
>> i use dovecoz 1.1.4 with TLS / SSL only.
>> i takes up to ~10 seconds that Thunderbird login and send the mail.
>
> "send the mail" has nothing to do with Dovecot, but with the SMTP
> server, such as Exim (which may try ident queries that your client
> possibly firewalls) or Postfix.

true, but if Marko's Thunderbird is configured to save sent messages  
on the IMAP server, the sending process will complete, from the client  
point of view, when the message has been stored on the IMAP server. So  
the change in Dovecot might cause a perceived slowdown.
Also, with other IMAP server (no idea if this applies to Dovecot) you  
could even have the sending process start by copying the message in a  
particular outbox without direct interaction between the MUA and the  
SMTP server.
Giuliano