On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 06:53:59PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Per-userid tracking would be trivial only if all IMAP connections are > serviced by a single monolithic process, which would have all that > information available, however, of course, that's not the case here. That's > the Windows way. Things here work differently.
I understand why Courier's architecture doesn't make it easy but it shared memory of one form or another could be used to share login counts a layer deeper in so per-user limits could be implemented. Are you open to sponsorship to implement specific features? > > Per user limits would mitigate the problem and at least keep an > > out-of-control client from affecting server performance. > > It occurred to me that this situation usually happens when you're running > some webmail software, that babbles IMAP, rather than doing its proper job. ... Well, co-incidentally we do run several IMAP backened webmail platforms but they aren't causing (this) trouble for us. We've confirmed that Thunderbird does but assume other clients might get stuck in the same loop as well. -- Kelsey Cummings - [email protected] sonic.net, inc. System Architect 2260 Apollo Way 707.522.1000 Santa Rosa, CA 95407 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
