Man, I wish you would have posted this a couple hours earlier. I could have included that in the survey. If I add it now, it will throw of the statistics.
John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You www.eservicesforyou.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Gregg > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] webmail performance - some findings to share > > After some poking around with webmail, trying diufefrent combinations of > folder and message counts, this is what I find: > > 1) The 'poor performance' problem ONLY appears when you have a large number > of MBX files(i.e. more than 10 or 15). > > 2) It does NOT seem to matter what size the MBX files are or how many > messages they contain. You can have 10 folders with a 50-100 megs each and > the login/initial display is quite fast. > > 3) If however, you add in another 10 mbx files with 0-100kb each, > performance starts hurting real bad. Add another 10 MBX files, it gets > worse, etc... Once you get to a hundred MBX files, it pretty much takes 30 > seconds to log in. > > 4) I noticed that each mbx file's UID file gets updated at login and > refresh. I'm not sure if this is an issue but seems like a waste of time. > This should only be done prior to accessing the folder and listing it's > contents. > > I don't know if this helps anybody, but it might help explain why some folks > say webmail is speedy and other claim it is slow. > > I'm curious, of the folks complaining of performance problems, how many > folders (MBX files) do you have in the problem accounts? > > Regards, > > David Gregg > dgSoft Internet Services > Web hosting, Email outsourcing, Dedicated and shared infrastructure > solutions. > (949) 584-1514 > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
