Bill,
There's a ringing endorsement of Verio. They told me that the server had a"group mail file" and all the users had their mail stored together. If I installed Dovecot, they said it would split the mailboxes up into individual files, and reduce the load on teh server, thus allowing it to better handle large mailboxes. I guess they are just making it up as they go along... thanks for the info though. I suppose I will seek an independent email host somewhere and have their mail forwarded, or upgrade my server on verio.
Thanks,
Darren
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RESPONSE TAG: 8483057671202 On 12/7/2007 at 10:49 PM Bill Cole wrote:
At 11:56 AM -0600 12/7/07, Darren McLaughlin wrote:
Is dovecot the right choice for this problem?
I have a shared server with verio. I have one particular client that sends and receives numerous large emails, and those emails were causing me to run out of processes on my verio server, and basically slow things down a great deal due to the shared mail queue. Verio suggested Dovecot to reduce server load and allow this one client to have less problems with sending and receiving email. Does this sound logical to anyone in the know?
It does not sound right. Dovecot is not involved in sending mail. It never comes anywhere near the mail queue.
It does sound about par for the course for Verio support though. Spot on.
Bill Cole bill@scconsult.com
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