> Mike Dresser said:
>
> > I'm looking to see if there's a replacement pop3 server I can use
> > that can scan the mailboxes for new mail, without having to scan
> > ALL of the mailfile, as it does currently.
>
> cyrus. courier can too but im not sure if the version thats in
> potato supports pop. i was in almost the same situation
> about a year ago. we were using UW IMAPD and it was dog slow
> so i looked into courier and cyrus and decided on cyrus
> because of pop3 support. even when loading an inbox with
> 5,000 messages cpu is less then 1% on the server. compared
> to UW IMAPd which was 100% for ~5-10 minutes
>
> nate
I've been using qpopper with
imapd(http://packages.debian.org/stable/mail/imap.html) and it has been
working rather well. The POP3 side works beautifully actually, and the IMAP
side is a bit slow.
Now I know why.
First, would it be better if I switch to cyrus? I assume that if I do, I
have to change the way exim delivers messages?