On 13-May-05, at 8:42 PM, Rik Wade wrote:
On 14/05/2005, at 12:17 PM, Gordon Turner wrote:
I have a performance issue I am trying to solve. On my new server it would appear that synchronizing changes between the client and server is taking longer then my previous setup. I have recently upgraded from my old server to a new home (the basis for my comparison),
To a new home:
- Clean install of Fedora Core 3 on a p4, dovecot-0.99.13-3.FC3.
- Copy of /home/gturner/mail directory to new server, ie existing mbox format from uw-imap.
- Recreated new self-signed certificates on new server, manually added the self-signed certificates, connected with no problems.
- Mail.app client, on OS X 10.3.9 (no Tiger yet).
I deleted the account on Mail.app, and created it again, the first login/sync took a long time, which was expected.
However after that, I noticed that when I first connect or delete a file the sync is slower then the old setup (FYI, I keep "Automatically synchronize changed mailboxes" checked on Mail.app).
You may or may not be aware that there is a problem with Mail.app in 10.3.9 and IMAP (specifically IMAPS) connections. These problems have been discussed at length in the OS X 10.3 support forums at http://discussions.info.apple.com/macosx3mail/. It seems to be an odd bug though, as it does not affect all users and may be related to the IMAP server they're using.
I had the problem with Mail.app in 10.3.9, talking to my Dovecot IMAPS server. I've upgraded to OS X 10.4 and the problem appears to be resolved. Apple should, however, produce a fix for the bug introduced in 10.3.9 in a future update.
Great thanks very much Rik, I guess I will be fast tracking my upgrade.
Thanks! GT.