[imp] Imp+sorting=terrible slow down

[Ross Becker]

Another option is to try out the dovecot IMAP server. It's designed to 
make stuff like this work quickly.

--Ross

Michael M Slusarz wrote:
> Quoting Joe7 <rrcomp at hotmail.com>:
> 
> 
>>Hello Experts,
>>I just realized that my problem with mailboxes -which has more then
>>10.000mails in inbox-,
>>IS sorting.
> 
> 
> Sorting 10,000 messages on any server is going to take a substantial 
> amount of time.  As you have noted, this has absolutely nothing to do 
> with IMP.
> 
> 
>>(if I disable this in courier imapd config,
>>everything goes at lightning speed, login takes <1sec (instead of
>>1MINUTE or failure), and to go to
>>the next page in inbox is just about 1sec instead of 30..
>>So my question is how to make sorting faster.
> 
> 
> How to make sorting faster?  The only surefire solution is to reduce 
> the number of messages in your mailbox.  Or use the default sorting 
> algorithim that your underlying mailbox uses (most likely this is 
> arrival time).
> 
> michael
> 
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