There is a project (catmail) to build a webmail front end using the Catalyst Framework and the question came up about multiple connections per user.

Specifically the question was:

"The IMAP server can support multiple connections, but do you think the backend should support multiple connections for separate folders or one IMAP connection for one session?"

Since my servers are too low volume to have hit any kind of resource limits, and I believe Thunderbird mostly does the "Right Thing", I'm asking how you, that have higher volume systems, would prefer connections handled.

Also I believe there was a thread, or two :-), on the way some of the other webmail programs handle connections. Not good?

Thanks for all insights and suggestions.

Rod