[Dovecot] Size of Mailbox affecting the sending of mail?

Robert Schetterer robert at schetterer.org
Fri Aug 24 14:39:41 EEST 2012


Am 24.08.2012 13:35, schrieb Jahnke-Zumbusch, Dirk:
> Hi all,
> 
>>>> Having set up my mail server (Dovecot/Postfix), users are experiencing
>>>> long delays (a couple of minutes) when sending mail from mail client
>>>> such as Thunderbird - this increases with attachments. Having had a
> 
> While in the first place sending e-mail has to do with SMTP and not IMAP,
> most mail client programs are configured to save a copy of an e-mail using
> FCC (file carbon copy) by putting this copy via IMAP into some "Sent"
> folder. And here you are: this may explain the long delays, esp. if on
> some asymmetric connection like DSL with low upstream bandwith.
> 
> Just my 2c
> 
> Cheers and have a nice weekend
> 
> 
> --
> Dirk Jahnke-Zumbusch              Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
> 

very true, but tb should show the copy action, unless its not configured
not to do so

-- 
Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer



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