Re: [Dovecot] IMAP vs. POP3

2011-05-02 Thread Eric Shubert
On 04/28/2011 10:31 AM, Matt wrote: Does IMAP create much additional system load vs. POP3? How much is much? They do have different usage patterns. The server load also depends on how each client program is configured. Some client configurations create more of a load than others (eg how mes

Re: [Dovecot] IMAP vs. POP3

2011-04-29 Thread Justin Krejci
On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 19:54 +0200, Stéphane Guedon wrote: > On Thursday 28 April 2011 19:31:49 Matt wrote: > > Does IMAP create much additional system load vs. POP3? > If you do use IMAP, server disk space capacity can become an important number to watch as most POP3 clients by default will del

Re: [Dovecot] IMAP vs. POP3

2011-04-28 Thread Michael M Slusarz
Quoting Jim Pazarena : On 2011-04-28 10:31 AM, Matt wrote: Does IMAP create much additional system load vs. POP3? I would say it adds considerable load to the server. I would argue the opposite. POP3 creates more load, especially on the network side of things, since it requires the clien

Re: [Dovecot] IMAP vs. POP3

2011-04-28 Thread Jim Pazarena
On 2011-04-28 10:31 AM, Matt wrote: Does IMAP create much additional system load vs. POP3? I would say it adds considerable load to the server. The beauty is that multiple computers can synchronize all mail folders INCLUDING the Outbox/Sent folder to the common archive, which becomes the mail s

Re: [Dovecot] IMAP vs. POP3

2011-04-28 Thread Stéphane Guedon
On Thursday 28 April 2011 19:31:49 Matt wrote: > Does IMAP create much additional system load vs. POP3? in fact imap move the load : in pop, all classment of mail, spam filtering... is done by your computer (the mail client) in imap, this filtering is done by the server The question is : where

[Dovecot] IMAP vs. POP3

2011-04-28 Thread Matt
Does IMAP create much additional system load vs. POP3?