On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Brendan J Simon wrote: > >>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 ??? > > > >Do you have some annoyingly huge emails, per chance? > > > I'm on lots of mailing lists and get lots of spam with lots of GIFS > (humans with animals and other crap that I just ignore) :(
Are these messages 40MB or so in size? The IMAP daemon might be mmap()ing them... If so, trash them before they end in your mail spool. > >Have you tried cyrus21-imapd yet? > > > I don't think so. How does it compare to the other IMAP daemons for > features, speed and size ? IMHO there are only two IMAP servers worth the bother: Cyrus and Courrier. You should try both, and use whichever works best for you. For Cyrus, it is very, very, very important to read the docs, otherwise you probably won't get past the SASL setup :-) -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
