[Dovecot] performance problems with IMAPS

[Stan Hoeppner]

On 5/10/2011 11:46 PM, Peter Bell wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 12:29 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> On 5/10/2011 11:14 PM, Peter Bell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 05:58 AM, Linda Walsh wrote:
>>>> As you may be aware, TB3.x ignores the entire premise of
>>>> IMAP in storing messages on the server, trying to make copies of all
>>>> messages, locally.
>>>
>>> Really?
>>>
>>> I'm using TB 3.1 and, to the best of my knowledge, it's not making local
>>> copies.
>>>
>>> You have tried going into settings for the account, 'Synchronization &
>>> Storage', and turning off the 'Keep messages for this account on this
>>> computer' setting?
>>
>> I would assume Linda knows how to disable it manually Peter.
>
> Okay. It's difficult to make assumptions about someone you don't know
> and when you know nothing of their technical capabilities. Her post made

I agree, obviously.

> it sound as though she was unable to escape the 'local storage' so I
> thought it might be helpful to show how I believe it can be turned off.

I know of Linda from the XFS and Samba lists.  I get the impression 
she's not new to the system administration game.  In fact I get the 
impression she's probably been in IT longer than I have (a little less 
than 2 decades here).  Thus the reason for my playful condescending tone 
in my previous mail when she mentioned 1GB+ roaming profiles.

> Ooops, yes! I've just looked at her headers and see that she is posting
> from a Windows box!

Her mention of 1GB+ roaming profiles should have been a clue.  That only 
happens in the Windows world. :)

> Is the Windows version of TB significantly different
> to the Linux version?

I'm not an authority as I've little experience with the Linux version. 
 From what I've read they are very similar, with minimal platform 
specific code, most of the unique code being GUI management and system 
API calls.  WRT the user configurable stuff, it's identical across 
platforms AFAIK.

Much like Linda, and much of the corporate world, I have Windows on the 
desktop and Linux in the data center.

-- 
Stan