Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-06-17 Thread Fraser Campbell
Cameron Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can almost guarantee that you will see a performance increase. Also > note that you don't have to change to postfix. You can configure > sendmail to use whatever local delivery agent you want (ie. something > like maildrop http://www.flounder.net/~mr

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-06-17 Thread Fraser Campbell
Cameron Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can almost guarantee that you will see a performance increase. Also > note that you don't have to change to postfix. You can configure > sendmail to use whatever local delivery agent you want (ie. something > like maildrop http://www.flounder.net/~m

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-17 Thread Jeff Waugh
> This is one thing I had meant to look into. I have disabled procmail on > postfix/maildir sites to this point because by default postfix delivers to > mbox format folders ... I know it supports maildir just need to do the > reading. home_mailbox = Maildir/ Works like a dream. - Jeff --

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-16 Thread Jeff Waugh
> This is one thing I had meant to look into. I have disabled procmail on > postfix/maildir sites to this point because by default postfix delivers to > mbox format folders ... I know it supports maildir just need to do the > reading. home_mailbox = Maildir/ Works like a dream. - Jeff --

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-16 Thread JPS
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 06:44:56PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: > > > Understandable. Sounds like a case for maildir...(and courier-imap if you > > can handle > > a sealed server). > > Are you saying this because of the insecurity of the IMAP protocol > (plain-text authentication and transfers)

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-16 Thread JPS
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 06:44:56PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: > > > Understandable. Sounds like a case for maildir...(and courier-imap if you can >handle > > a sealed server). > > Are you saying this because of the insecurity of the IMAP protocol > (plain-text authentication and transfers) o

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Fraser Campbell
Cameron Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can almost guarantee that you will see a performance increase. Also > note that you don't have to change to postfix. You can configure > sendmail to use whatever local delivery agent you want (ie. something > like maildrop http://www.flounder.net/~mr

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Fraser Campbell
JPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We use sendmail WITH maildir at my site. Mailbox delivery is not a function of > of the MTA per se. At least in the case of sendmail, it is handled by the > local > delivery agent (procmail in our case). This is one thing I had meant to look into. I have disab

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Fraser Campbell
JPS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We use sendmail WITH maildir at my site. Mailbox delivery is not a function of > of the MTA per se. At least in the case of sendmail, it is handled by the local > delivery agent (procmail in our case). This is one thing I had meant to look into. I have disable

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Fraser Campbell
Cameron Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can almost guarantee that you will see a performance increase. Also > note that you don't have to change to postfix. You can configure > sendmail to use whatever local delivery agent you want (ie. something > like maildrop http://www.flounder.net/~m

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread JPS
We use sendmail WITH maildir at my site. Mailbox delivery is not a function of of the MTA per se. At least in the case of sendmail, it is handled by the local delivery agent (procmail in our case). On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 11:19:48AM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: > Hi, > > I have a client who is

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2001.05.15 10:33]: > I have a client who is using a sendmail system with uw-imap. They are having > fairly serious performance problems ... load rarely goes below 2, ssh login > takes about 20 seconds (this is a P3 500). > > The CPU hog seems to be imapd. Some users have ver

Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Fraser Campbell
Hi, I have a client who is using a sendmail system with uw-imap. They are having fairly serious performance problems ... load rarely goes below 2, ssh login takes about 20 seconds (this is a P3 500). The CPU hog seems to be imapd. Some users have very large mail folders (Sent-items particularly

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread JPS
We use sendmail WITH maildir at my site. Mailbox delivery is not a function of of the MTA per se. At least in the case of sendmail, it is handled by the local delivery agent (procmail in our case). On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 11:19:48AM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: > Hi, > > I have a client who is

Re: Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Cameron Moore
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2001.05.15 10:33]: > I have a client who is using a sendmail system with uw-imap. They are having > fairly serious performance problems ... load rarely goes below 2, ssh login > takes about 20 seconds (this is a P3 500). > > The CPU hog seems to be imapd. Some users have ve

Maildir vs mbox

2001-05-15 Thread Fraser Campbell
Hi, I have a client who is using a sendmail system with uw-imap. They are having fairly serious performance problems ... load rarely goes below 2, ssh login takes about 20 seconds (this is a P3 500). The CPU hog seems to be imapd. Some users have very large mail folders (Sent-items particularl