On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 07:01:14AM +0100, Joost Kremers wrote: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:13:34PM +0100, Henrik Enberg wrote: > > The main drawback, and the mainreason I don't use it directly is that > > unless you run a local server with the low latency that gives you, > > it's just too slow. 1 second to display an email is more noticeable > > than you'd think before you try it. > > mmm... i use two imap servers, and both are about as fast as a local mail > box most of the time. to me, the speed difference is too small to really > notice or be a bother. > Are they on your LAN? Using IMAP across the internet (even with a good ADSL connection) can never really be as quick as a local mbox spool, especially if you're dealing with attachments and such. Think about it - a 1Mbyte attachment is going to take some seconds to pull across even a 2 or 3Mb/s ADSL link whereas it's going to be near instantanous from a local file.
-- Chris Green