Hi Remo - thanks - we'll give Dovecot a try.
At 12:06 AM 12/20/2007, you wrote:
here is the one I use:
protocols = imap imaps
listen = *
disable_plaintext_auth = no
shutdown_clients = yes
syslog_facility = local7 #<-- Ensure this is set up in syslog conf
ssl_disable = no
login_user = dovecot
login_dir = /home/dovecot/
login_max_connections = 4096
login_greeting = Italy1 IMAP Server # <-- CUSTOMISE FOR
YOUR SITE
ssl_cert_file = /usr/local/etc/ssl/italy1-cert.pem
ssl_key_file = /usr/local/etc/ssl/italy1.pem
first_valid_uid = 89
first_valid_gid = 89
protocol imap {
listen = *:143
ssl_listen = *:993
#mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
#login_greeting_capability = no
mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle
}
auth_process_size = 512
auth_cache_size = 512
auth_cache_ttl = 3600
auth default {
mechanisms = plain
# vpopmail authentication
passdb vpopmail {
#args =
}
# vpopmail
userdb vpopmail {
}
user = root
}
dict {
#quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf
}
plugin {
quota = maildir
}
Jeff Koch wrote:
>
> Hi Remo:
>
> That would be great. Please send the info to me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or you can send it to the list - I'm sure
> lots of toaster folks would like to try it.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> At 11:21 PM 12/19/2007, you wrote:
>> I just did that.. I can send you hte info of my conf for the dovecot
>>
>> Remo
>>
>> Jeff Koch wrote:
>> >
>> > We use Bill Shupp's toaster. Would anyone know whether Dovecot is an
>> > easy replacement for Courier?
>> >
>> >
>> > At 10:50 PM 12/19/2007, you wrote:
>> >> I have to second, third, and fourth that. We moved from Courier to
>> >> Dovecot and the performance change was dramatic. We have 5,000+
>> >> accounts on 2 clustered (active / active) servers utilizing GFS for
>> >> the file system on a SAS SAN and the fact that Dovecot had built in
>> >> support for clustered setups was a major plus. Had a few issues off
>> >> the bat with POP3 UID's but quickly fixed that one thanks to Dovecots
>> >> easy to change UID definitions. Don't think I'll ever change back.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Ed McLain
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ________________________________
>> >> From: Rick Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> Reply-To: <vchkpw@inter7.com>
>> >> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:08:54 -0600
>> >> To: <vchkpw@inter7.com>
>> >> Conversation: [vchkpw] [OT] IMAP Servers: Dovecot or Binc?
>> >> Subject: Re: [vchkpw] [OT] IMAP Servers: Dovecot or Binc?
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 11:11 -0800, Tom Collins wrote:
>> >> > Courier-IMAP seems to be putting a heavy load on my server when
>> >> > someone accesses a mailbox with a large number of messages in it.
>> >> >
>> >> > What's the preferred IMAP server for a machine that will have
>> 100-200
>> >> > connections (plan for growth...) but may have an occasional mailbox
>> >> > with 1000+ messages in it. I've searched the archives and tried to
>> >> > google for "imap server performance" and "imap server comparison"
>> but
>> >> > haven't come up with much after an hour.
>> >>
>> >> > My impression is that Dovecot performs well, better than courier,
>> but
>> >> > I'm wondering if anyone can offer up some real-world numbers to help
>> >> > me make my decision.
>> >>
>> >> Dovecot has really come out in the past year or so. I started with
>> .99,
>> >> I upgraded from Courier, but honestly it wasn't really up to date.
>> >>
>> >> Dovecot's indexing showed an immediate improvement on large mailboxes.
>> >> With 1.0.5, the only issue I have is with a few older Mac clients.
>> For
>> >> me this affects about 4 out of 450 clients total.
>> >>
>> >> I don't have any numbers, but I've had at least 1500 messages in my
>> >> INBOX, not including subfolders, with great performance. The
>> change was
>> >> so dramatic I didn't need any numbers.
>> >>
>> >> Rick
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> >
>> > Jeff Koch, Intersessions
>> >
>> >
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> Best Regards,
>
> Jeff Koch, Intersessions
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Best Regards,
Jeff Koch, Intersessions
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