-- Brendan J Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 23 September 2002, 01:13 PM +1000): > I've noticed that the IMAP daemon is very memory hungry. I've noticed > our server slowing down and swapping and top reports that imap is taking > 50-70MB of memory. Why so high ??? > > Is there a bug or is it just the way the IMAP protocol works (can't see > how). I've tried 2 IMAP servers with similar results. > > Is there a light weight IMAP server that anyone recommends ??? > I'm using Debian 3.0 on PowerPC and Intel architectures.
What IMAP daemon are you using? which have you tried? There's a number of them out there -- the UW imapd, Courier, and Cyrus are the most typical, but I know there are others out there, and variants on each of these. I've been using Courier for about a year now, and it's incredibly lightweight. In reading other messages on this thread, I also would recommend that you use some sort of spam filter -- spamassassin, etc. -- to filter mails BEFORE they are moved from the spoolfile to the IMAP directories. This will save disk space, IMAP processes, and your time. --Matthew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
