Do I need to activate something during the compilation (configure) or is it per default enabled in 2.1.11 ?
Regards Marc |--------+-------------------------------------> | | | | | Rob Siemborski | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | Sent by: | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | ew.cmu.edu | | | | | | | | | 12/06/02 06:10 PM | | | | |--------+-------------------------------------> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Subject: Re: Which version of Cyrus IMAPD | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Its an improved database backend that is optimized for enumeration, which happens a lot with the mailbox list. Berkeley DB is not optimized for enumeration, and while flat can give you fast enumeration, it is tremendously slow to update. -Rob On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What does exactly that skiplist feature do ? > > Regards > Marc > > > > > > Rob Siemborski To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > mu.edu> Subject: Re: Which version of Cyrus IMAPD > > 12/06/02 05:05 > PM > > > > > > > On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > For a production mail server, which version of Cyrus IMAPD should I use ? > > Version 2.0.17 or version 2.1.11 ? And what are the differences really > > between those two latest versions ? > > 2.0.17 is only intended for sites which are upgrading from previous 2.0 > versions and are unable to make the upgrade to 2.1.x for whatever reason. > > I strongly recommend you use 2.1.11 if you're starting a new system. It > has fairly substantial performance benefits over 2.0 (especially if you > are using the skiplist database backend for your mailbox list). > > -Rob > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 > Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper