[Dovecot] [Fwd: Re: enourmous amount of disc writes]

Original Message Subject: Re: [Dovecot] enourmous amount of disc writes Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:48:50 +0200 From: Rainer Sigl To: Ralf Hildebrandt References: <4a3640c5.1070...@mpe.mpg.de> <4a364233.6090...@schetterer.org> <4a365913.6030...@mpe.mpg.de>

Re: [Dovecot] enourmous amount of disc writes

unt options for the volume housing the data... if you're using maildir, this *could* reduce the number of writes by half, theoretically! Richard. Robert Schetterer wrote: Rainer Sigl schrieb: Hi List, on my mailserver (exim4, dovecot 1.0.0, postgresql, ubuntu dapper, about 500 users) I

Re: [Dovecot] enourmous amount of disc writes

tiviy with iostat on your machine? Please tell me the output values. Which hardware do you use? I have a RAID5 with 3ware 7000 series. Regards Rainer Robert Schetterer wrote: Rainer Sigl schrieb: Hi List, on my mailserver (exim4, dovecot 1.0.0, postgresql, ubuntu dapper, about 500 users) I reco

Re: [Dovecot] enourmous amount of disc writes

terer wrote: Rainer Sigl schrieb: Hi List, on my mailserver (exim4, dovecot 1.0.0, postgresql, ubuntu dapper, about 500 users) I record an enourmous amount of disc writes (up to 18000 blocks written each second) in the time where most of users are active. This IO activity causes wait-states on the

[Dovecot] enourmous amount of disc writes

finally slows down my mailmachine. Is there a explanation for these disc writes respectively is there a possibility to minimize this activity. Stopping Dovecot on this machine causes stopping most of the disc activity. Regards Rainer Sigl -- - Rainer Sigl

Re: [Dovecot] Namespace Problems

orks satisfying?? dovecot.conf and dovecot-sql.conf I send in the attachment. instead of sending dovecot.conf, next time use dovecot -n -- --------- Rainer Sigl, | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MPI f. extraterrestrische Physik, | phone: +49 (89) 3-355

[Dovecot] namespace problem

x27;t access inbox, the main folder. How do I have to configure that everythings works satisfying?? Many thanks Rainer Sigl [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:

[Dovecot] Namespace Problems repost without attachment

squirrelmal I can't access inbox, the main folder. How do I have to configure that everythings works satisfying?? Many thanks Rainer Sigl -- - Rainer Sigl, | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MPI f. extraterrestrische Physik, | phone: +49 (89) 3-3557 Pos

[Dovecot] Namespace Problems

squirrelmal I can't access inbox, the main folder. How do I have to configure that everythings works satisfying?? dovecot.conf and dovecot-sql.conf I send in the attachment. Many thanks Rainer Sigl -- - Rainer Sigl, | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Dovecot] deleted Messages don't go into Trash Folder always

Many thanks, I'm afraid I have to update first. My kubuntu dapper installation has an older version of dovecot. Rainer Timo Sirainen schrieb: On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 19:49 +0200, Rainer Sigl wrote: Hi all, most of the time deleted messages aren't moved into trash folder bu

[Dovecot] deleted Messages don't go into Trash Folder always

Hi all, most of the time deleted messages aren't moved into trash folder but go into nirwana. Sometimes it works correctly. But a restart does not guarantee this function. This effect exists with different imap clients. Can anybody help please. Rainer Sigl -- - Rainer

Re: [Dovecot] header-lines of subfolders have to be rescanned after each client startup

Timo Sirainen wrote: On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 22:16 +0200, Rainer Sigl wrote: no, I don't use NFS but it may be a permission problem. I have virtual users so all the directories belong a artificial user 'exim' and also group 'exim'. Additionally I saw now that the file

Re: [Dovecot] header-lines of subfolders have to be rescanned after each client startup

Timo Sirainen schrieb: On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 15:53 +0200, Rainer Sigl wrote: Hi all, after each startup of my different mail clients (thunderbird, outlook, ...) the contents of subfolders if I click in has to be renewed. This takes some time for large folders. I just migrated from

[Dovecot] header-lines of subfolders have to be rescanned after each client startup

answers Rainer Sigl -- - Rainer Sigl, | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MPI f. extraterrestrische Physik, | phone: +49 (89) 3-3557 Postfach 1312,| fax: +49 (89) 3-3569 D-85741 Garching, Germany | web: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/~sigl/