Awfully slow dovecot

[Edgar Pettijohn III]

binary packages vs. compiled has nothing to do with the op issue.  The problem is an outdated version of the software.  Update by whatever means necessary and get on with your day.
On Dec 25, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Jeff Mitchell wrote:

> On Dec 25, 2014 3:15 PM, "Reindl Harald" <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Am 25.12.2014 um 21:09 schrieb Benny Pedersen:
>> 
>>> Robert Schetterer skrev den 2014-12-25 19:49:
>>>> 
>>>> Am 18.12.2014 um 17:56 schrieb Robin Helgelin:
>>>>> 
>>>>> We’re using dovecot 1.0.7
>>>> 
>>>> that version is total out of date , update to recent version
>>> 
>>> 
>>> centos is a precompiled problem :=)
>> 
>> 
>> no it is not
>> 
>> do you realy think the RPMS are falling from heaven or is it more likely
> be able to use rpmbuild as i do on Fedora for packages like
> dovecot-2.2.15-3.fc20.20141025.rh.x86_64 or
> postfix-2.11.3-1.fc20.20141020.rh.x86_64?
>> 
>> your Gentoo is nice in a small environment
>> 
>> on larger setups someone is using binary packages and can setup his own
> repo with overrides while maintain *testable* setups
>> 
> 
> Just to point out, it is possible to set up a binary Gentoo setup with a
> single server compiling packages then made available to downstream
> computers -- I ran such a setup for a few years. Can also have multiple of
> these in an overlay fashion for testing. Pros and cons vs. normal binary
> distros, but it can be done.
> 
> Anyways, regarding the OP's problem, 1.0.7 is only the latest available
> package from RedHat/CentOS. It's so out of date and so many bugs have been
> squashed that it makes little sense for anyone to spend much time trying to
> figure out the problem. Even Red Hat doesn't support it in production
> anymore.
> 
> Might be time to break out the compiler.