On 5.6.2012, at 23.33, Michescu Andrei wrote: >> I agree, in practice this is not an issue compared to the unavailability >> of the service, but on longer IMAP sessions (e.g. transferring a big >> file) the connection loss is noticeable. > > It is noticeable for somebody that really waits for a large email.
And there is actually some (any!) way this could be avoided?... One server dies, another continues sending the mail? I have had some thoughts about transferring idling Dovecot connections between processes / servers so that clients wouldn't notice it, but I haven't even thought about moving active (long-running) connections.
