[imp] Horde login takes ages on Courier mailbox with 1000's folders

[Warwick Bruce Chapman]

Hi Bill

I am using Firefox, although the problem is identical in IE.  The fact 
that the courier-imap process shoots to 100% during login leads me to 
believe Horde is asking Courier to do something hectic upon login.

Regards
Warwick

Bill Graham wrote:
> Does this happen with both Firefox and IE ?
> I found that the loading of images for the left menu  was killing me 
> in a user that had 600 folders in IE
>
> I tried the previously suggested directives in Apache
> ExpiresActive On
> ExpiresByType image/png "now plus 1 month"
> ExpiresByType image/gif "now plus 1 month"
>
> It made a world of difference in IE
>
> Bill
>
> Quoting Warwick Bruce Chapman <warwick at thusa.co.za>:
>
>> Hi Michael
>>
>> My folders and namespace settings are correct to my knowledge and 
>> based on what I have seen in some of "the 1000's of postings on this 
>> topic".
>>
>>    'folders' => 'INBOX.',
>>    'namespace' => '',
>>
>> These settings allow folders to be created from within Horde, which 
>> was not the case before.
>>
>> Regards
>> Warwick
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael M Slusarz wrote:
>>> Quoting Warwick Bruce Chapman <warwick at thusa.co.za>:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> We have been happily using Courier/Horde for many years now, but
>>>> recently we replaced a Cyrus-based box with one of our own using
>>>> Courier and the client has been unhappy ever since!
>>>>
>>>> Three of the mailboxes include 1500 or more folders (including all
>>>> subfolders) and it is only when logging into Horde as any of these
>>>> three users that problems occur.  Basically what happens is the login
>>>> 'hangs' for a up to 3 minutes, while the courier-imap process hits
>>>> 100%.  I assume that what is happening is Courier or Horde is 
>>>> trying to
>>>> traverse the entire tree of folders before login may complete.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is almost certainly an issue with your folders/namespace  
>>> configuration in config/servers.php  And before you send an email  
>>> asking "What should these settings be", read the documentation 
>>> and/or  search the list archives for one of the 1,000s of postings 
>>> on this  topic.
>>>
>>> michael
>>>
>>> _______________________________________
>>> Michael Slusarz [slusarz at curecanti.org]
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Warwick Chapman
>> Marketing and Operations
>> Thusa Business Support cc
>>
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>>
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>
>
>

-- 
Warwick Chapman
Marketing and Operations
Thusa Business Support cc

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