[Dovecot] Is dovecot the right choice for this problem?

[Darren McLaughlin]

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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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.
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