[Dovecot] Fedora Core 3 and Mail.app problems

[Rik Wade]

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