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.
Hope this helps.
Rik Wade